A New Scenario for Educational Planning and Management in Latin America: The Impact of the External Debt. IIEP Research Report No. 81.

Autor/in	Reimers, Fernando M.
Institution	United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). International Inst. for Educational Planning.
Titel	A New Scenario for Educational Planning and Management in Latin America: The Impact of the External Debt. IIEP Research Report No. 81.
Quelle	(1990), (134 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Debt (Financial); Developing Nations; Economic Factors; Educational Finance; Elementary Secondary Education; Finance Reform; Foreign Countries; Government Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Ökonomischer Faktor; Bildungsfonds; Financial reform; Finanzreform; Ausland
Abstract	This document examines whether Latin America's external indebtedness has contributed to the financial squeeze in education. The first chapter summarizes a few contradictory studies on the subject. The evidence presented in chapters 2 and 3 supports the conclusion that debt levels in the 1980s have had a negative impact on education as a percentage of government expenditures. As the next two chapters show, there have been changes in the type of educational expenditures. A higher percentage now goes for recurrent expenditures, such as salaries, teaching materials, and scholarships. Chapter 6 is a case study of the adjustment in Costa Rican education. Clearly, the priority given education by Latin American governments has diminished during the current economic or debt crisis. Acknowledging this new scenario of diminished government resources for education and the distortions resulting from quick-fix adjustment, chapter 7 calls for major reforms in educational policy. Chapter 8 suggests numerous propositions to reform Latin American educational planning and management. The major challenge for Latin American governments is to bring forth partnership and responsibility among different social groups so that necessary policy changes become politically feasible. Two statistical appendices are included. (106 references) (MLH)
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