Decentralisation and the Financing of Educational Facilities
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development = Financement des équipements éducatifs et décentralisation / Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Paris
Language: mul
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9789264096486
Subjects: Education
Other titles: Financement des équipements éducatifs et décentralisation
Description: Who finances educational facilities? What are the criteria used and how are they applied? Each country has its own system; however, the general trends are towards diversification of funding sources and decentralisation of responsibility. This publication examines the links between decentralisation and new means of financing. Although local control can guarantee greater effectiveness and responsiveness to local needs, central government remains responsible for ensuring access to equity and equality of educational opportunity. The greatest challenge in education funding consists of achieving compatibility between these objectives and technological development.
Table of contents: title: Issues; title: Financing Expenditure on Education: Trends and Latent Problems by Ferran Ferrer; title: Financing Educational Infrastructure: An Examination of Mexico's Federalisation by Jesus Alvarez; title: Pre-School, Elementary, and Secondary Education Sector in Quebec by Rejean Carrier; title: Financing Educational Building and Contractualisation in Higher Education in France by Thierry Malan; title: European Investment Bank Experience with Investments in Educational Buildings by Agustin Auria and Olivier Debande; title: Conclusions by John Mayfield