Is School Funding Unequal in Latin America?
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
August 2020
Subject
Education Policy;
Education Expenditure;
Primary Education;
High School;
Public School;
Coronavirus;
Pandemics;
Equality;
Educational Budget
JEL code
I24 - Education and Inequality;
I22 - Educational Finance • Financial Aid;
H52 - Government Expenditures and Education
Country
Colombia;
Argentina;
Peru;
Brazil;
Chile;
Ecuador
Category
Catalogs and Brochures
Amid 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.
