municipalities to estimate the impact of government spending on education and health outcomes. We deal with the multi … of education outcomes, but this is not the case for health, and that spending on non-education programmes are also at … cross-sectoral effects in service delivery: health (education) outcomes affect the population’s education (health) status …

An ambitious reform to increase efficiency of the Portuguese health care system was launched in 2002. In contrast to … health sector, making changes essentially irreversible. The reform has two main aims: to deliver better-quality public health … services than at present but at no higher cost; and to reduce the underlying growth rate of public health-care spending over …

This paper assesses the potential to raise public spending efficiency in the primary and secondary education sector …...<P>Indicateurs de performance de l'efficacité des dépenses publiques d'éducation dans l'enseignement primaire et secondaire …<BR>Ce document évalue les possibilités d'accroître l'efficacité des dépenses publiques d'éducation dans l'enseignement primaire et …

The Australian education system fares well in international comparison with regards to PISA test scores and the higher … education system attracts an increasing number of foreign students. Vocational education and training (VET) is an important part … of the post–secondary education system, equipping individuals with the skills to enter or re–enter the labour force and …

spend comparatively few years in formal education, and the quality of the education they receive is lower than in other OECD … countries. This paper discusses the performance of education services up to the upper secondary level. It assesses both the … efficiency (outcome for money invested) and the equity of the system and shows that the education system has to be improved …

Improving education outcomes is important for Germany’s long-term economic performance and social cohesion. While … backgrounds have a large impact. Another problem is that the proportion of younger people that completes tertiary education is … relatively low. The authorities are undertaking wide ranging reforms touching all levels of education to tackle these problems …

An effective system of education and training is important for both social and economic reasons. Its role in the Polish … reallocation of resources as structural adjustment proceeds. Important reforms to decentralise primary and secondary education in … attention on quality control and the place of vocational education. Both are important in the tertiary sector, too, which has …

of education and training services in Portugal and shows that improvements are needed to narrow the significant human … in formal education, and they do not perform as well as children from other OECD countries. Adults, especially the least … resources devoted to education and training but from inefficiencies and misallocation of spending, and weaknesses in the quality …

Improving education achievement in Luxembourg is a priority for strengthening productivity growth and enhancing … reforms that are underway or planned to improve achievement of immigrant students. Another feature of Luxembourg.s education …

relationship between institutional and policy settings and the efficiency of public spending on primary and secondary education …'efficacité des dépenses publiques consacrées à l'éducation primaire et secondaire dans les pays de l'OCDE. Cette analyse s'appuie sur …