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Decentralization of government and contracting with the private sector
Cortés, Darwin - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2011
Using a simple model of incomplete contracts to characterize the relationship between decentralization and contracting … governments will contract more with the private sector. Then, I use the 2001 decentralization reform in Colombia to test these … of the fact that the level of decentralization is decided using an exogenous population threshold to identify causal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010575416
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Do More Decentralized Local Governments do Better? An Evaluation of the 2001 Decentralization Reform in Colombia
Cortes, Darwin F. - 2010
In this paper I evaluate the impact of the 2001 decentralization reform in Colombia. I use data from Colombia … decentralization) than others. Particularly important, the reform entitle the more decentralized municipalities to sign subsidy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136327
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Decentralizing education resources : school grants in Senegal
Carneiro, Pedro; Koussihouèdé, Oswald; Lahire, Nathalie; … - 2015
The impact of school resources on the quality of education in developing countries may depend crucially on whether resources are targeted efficiently. In this paper we use a randomized experiment to analyze the impact of a school grants program in Senegal, which decentralized a portion of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010503454
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Decentralizing education resources : school grants in Senegal
Carneiro, Pedro; Koussihouèdé, Oswald; Lahire, Nathalie; … - 2015
The impact of school resources on the quality of education in developing countries may depend crucially on whether resources are targeted efficiently. In this paper we use a randomized experiment to analyze the impact of a school grants program in Senegal, which decentralized a portion of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010499532
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Decentralizing education resources : school grants in Senegal
Carneiro, Pedro; Koussihouede, Oswald; Lahire, Nathalie; … - 2015
The impact of school resources on the quality of education in developing countries may depend crucially on whether resources are targeted efficiently. In this paper we use a randomized experiment to analyze the impact of a school grants program in Senegal, which decentralized a portion of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010501982
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The impact of the global financial crisis on public expenditures on education and health in the economies of the former Soviet Union
Čubrik, Aleksandr; Dąbrowski, Marek; Mogilevskij, Roman; … - 2011
This paper provides an overview of public expenditures on education and healthcare in Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine and some other countries of the former Soviet Union before and during the global financial crisis. Before the crisis, the governments of these countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009302747
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Higher Education Reforms in India
Sunder, Shyam - 2011
The number of institutions and enrollment in higher education continue their rapid growth, but the quality of this education remains uncertain. A small number of state-subsidized institutions attract a thin top layer of talent from each year's cohort. High selectivity of admission to these elite...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013133165
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Financing Higher Education Reforms in the UK : An Institutional Analysis
Todeva, Emanuela - 2012
After the Second World War, with the evolution of the welfare state, the higher education became one of the beneficiary social spheres that attracted additional resources. The expansion of mass higher education was the main feature of the entire post-war period. It is mostly during the 80's when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013116849
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Higher Education Reforms in India
Sunder, Shyam - 2011
The number of institutions and enrollment in higher education continue their rapid growth, but the quality of this education remains uncertain. A small number of state-subsidized institutions attract a thin top layer of talent from each year's cohort. High selectivity of admission to these elite...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117253
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College Esports : A Model for NCAA Reform
Baker, Thomas - 2019
Collegiate esports is an emerging industry, an extension of professional esports that has caught the attention of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The NCAA is currently exploring the possibility of taking a dominant regulatory role within collegiate esports. The leagues and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012898737