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dc.titleIs School Funding Unequal in Latin America?
dc.contributor.authorElacqua, Gregory
dc.contributor.authorMarotta, Luana
dc.contributor.authorBertoni, Eleonora
dc.contributor.authorMéndez, Carolina
dc.contributor.authorWesth Olsen, Anne Sofie
dc.contributor.authorRomán, Alonso
dc.contributor.authorSoares, Sammara
dc.contributor.orgunitEducation Division
dc.coverageColombia
dc.coverageArgentina
dc.coveragePeru
dc.coverageBrazil
dc.coverageChile
dc.coverageEcuador
dc.coverageLatin America
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2020-11-24T01:00:00
dc.date.issue2020-08-26T23:00:00
dc.description.abstractAmid the economic crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, there is a risk that the inequality of opportunity in education may increase in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries unless well designed, properly evaluated, and progressive school finance policies are implemented. Based on comparative analysis of data from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, this report provides some insights on how school funding policies can either mitigate or aggravate such inequalities.
dc.format.extent20
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002620
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Is-School-Funding-Unequal-in-Latin-America.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Es-desigual-el-financiamiento-escolar-en-America-Latina.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/portuguese/document/O-financiamento-escolar-e-desigual-na-America-Latina.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectEducation Policy
dc.subjectEducation Expenditure
dc.subjectPrimary Education
dc.subjectHigh School
dc.subjectPublic School
dc.subjectCoronavirus
dc.subjectPandemics
dc.subjectEquality
dc.subjectEducational Budget
dc.subject.jelcodeI24 - Education and Inequality
dc.subject.jelcodeI22 - Educational Finance • Financial Aid
dc.subject.jelcodeH52 - Government Expenditures and Education
dc.subject.keywordsEducation inequalities;School funding;School finance policies;Progressivity of spending
dc.typeCatalogs and Brochures
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-CB-00404
idb.operationRG-E1516
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