Aid to Basic Education in Africa - Opportunities and Constraints
About the publication
- Published: May 1997
- Series: Evaluation report
- Type: Evaluations
- Carried out by: Prof. Christopher Colclough - Institute of Development Studies, Sussex
- Commissioned by: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Country:
- Theme: Education and research
- Pages: 52
- Serial number: 5/1997
- ISBN: 82-7177-453-0
- ISSN: --
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This paper identifies some of the main ways in which aid to basic education in Africa can be made more effective. It documents the special educational problems faced in Sub-Saharan Africa, in the context of public expenditures on, and aid flows to education - and particularly to primary schooling. It argues that improving the productivity of educational aid requires better aid co-ordination.
Published 31.12.2009
Last updated 16.02.2015