Balancing the books household financing of basic education in Cambodia - Bray, Mark 1952-; Bunly, Seng. (Hong Kong Comparative Education Research Centre, the University of Hong Kong, 2005)
Household financing of education : comparative perspectives -- Changing international views -- Mechanisms and types of household financing -- Cambodia : society, economy and education -- Historical perspectives -- Contemporary social and economic features -- The education system -- Budgetary allocations for education -- School enrolment rates -- Methods of data collection -- Definitions and approaches -- Sampling and data collection -- Assumptions and weights -- Household costs ?- Data from the 2004 survey -- Comparative Data from previous surveys -- Opportunity costs -- Government funds and other school level receipts -- Salanes, PAP and EQIP funds -- Capital works -- Enterprises and other school generated incomes -- Balances between household and government financing -- Policy implications -- Philosophies on cost-sharing -- Scholarships -- Private tutoring -- The priority action programmer -- Conclusions -- Achievements to be celebrated -- Challenges ahead -- Household decision-making -- Finding appropriate balances.
Published jointly with Human Development Unit, East Asia & Pacific Region, the World Bank.
Keywords: Education, Elementary -- Cambodia -- Finance; Education, Secondary -- Cambodia -- Finance