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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451736003321

Titolo

Mobilizing the private sector for public education [[electronic resource] ] : a view from the trenches / / Harry Anthony Patrinos, Shobhana Sosale, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2007

ISBN

1-281-00097-3

9786611000974

0-8213-7200-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (106 p.)

Collana

Directions in development. Human development

Altri autori (Persone)

PatrinosHarry Anthony

SosaleShobhana <1963->

Disciplina

371.19/5

Soggetti

Business and education

Public-private sector cooperation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Chapter 1 Public-Private Partnerships in Education; Tables; Chapter 2 Lessons from the U.S. Experience with Charter Schools; Figures; Chapter 3 True Partners in Public-Private Partnerships; Chapter 4 Public-Private Partnerships in Latin America: A Review Based on Four Case Studies; Chapter 5 The Role of the National Federation of Colombian Coffee Growers in a Public-Private Partnership for Rural Education in Colombia; Chapter 6 Breaking the State Monopoly in the Provision of Schooling: The Experience in England; Boxes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Historically, ensuring access to primary education has been seen as a predominantly public responsibility. However, governments are increasingly sharing this responsibility through a variety of subsidiary arrangements. Some governments are contracting services out to the private sector, to non-governmental organizations, and even to other public agencies. Some societies are transferring responsibility for financing, providing, and regulating primary education to lower levels of government, and in some cases, to communities. In education policy,



public-private partnerships play an important rol