Chapter 18 Aid Effectiveness in the Education Sector: A Dynamic Panel Analysis

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Title:	Chapter 18 Aid Effectiveness in the Education Sector: A Dynamic Panel Analysis
Author(s):	Katharina Michaelowa, Anke Weber
Volume:	1 Editor(s): S. Lahiri ISBN: 978-0-444-52765-3 eISBN: 978-1-84950-013-5
Citation:	Katharina Michaelowa, Anke Weber (2006), Chapter 18 Aid Effectiveness in the Education Sector: A Dynamic Panel Analysis, in S. Lahiri (ed.) Theory and Practice of Foreign Aid (Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Volume 1), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.357-385
DOI:	10.1016/S1574-8715(06)01018-9 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Article type:	Chapter Item
Abstract:	Applying the general question of aid effectiveness to the sector of education, this paper provides some evidence for a positive effect of development assistance on primary enrolment and completion. However, even the most optimistic estimates clearly show that at any realistic rate of growth, aid will never be able to move the world markedly closer towards the internationally agreed objective of “Education For All”. Universal primary education requires increased efficiency of educational spending by donors and national governments alike. Moreover, there is some evidence that the recipient countries' general political and institutional background matters. Under conditions of bad governance, the impact of aid on enrolment can actually turn negative.