Expanding Education through User Charges: What Can Be Achieved in Malawi and Other LDCs?.

Mingat, Alain; Tan, Jee-Peng

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Publication Date: 1986

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Expanding Education through User Charges: What Can Be Achieved in Malawi and Other LDCs?

Mingat, Alain; Tan, Jee-Peng

Economics of Education Review, v5 n3 p273-86 1986

In many developing countries financial constraints restrict school enrollment to low levels. Empirical evidence from Malawi is used in a simulation model to show that families are willing to pay for education and that scholarships can offset the equity effects of user charges. Appended are 18 references. (MLF)

Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Attitudes, Educational Demand, Elementary Secondary Education, Fees, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Private Schools, Public Schools, Simulation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Malawi

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