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This paper identifies the twin problems of higher education financing in Africa—inadequate resources and poor use of existing resources—and traces them to the preponderance of free, public tertiary education in most countries, despite a weak economic rationale for such an approach and unintended consequences of inequitable access and politicization of higher education. It proposes a reform of higher education finance based on principles of rationalizing government's role, taking into account the politics of such reforms and the institutional changes needed for a well-functioning system of tertiary education in Africa. Copyright 2011 , Oxford University Press.
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2011
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Authors: | Devarajan, Shantayanan ; Monga, Célestin ; Zongo, Tertius |
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Journal of African Economies. - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE). - Vol. 20.2011, suppl_3, p. 154-154
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Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) |
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