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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969737603321

Autore

Berryman Sue E. <1938->

Titolo

Hidden challenges to education systems in transition economies / / Sue E. Berryman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, Europe and Central Asia Region, c2000

ISBN

1-280-08750-1

9786610087501

0-585-45133-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

ix, 133 pages : illustrations ; ; 28 cm

Disciplina

338.4/737/094

Soggetti

Education - Economic aspects - Europe

Education - Economic aspects - Asia, Central

Educational change - Europe

Educational change - Asia, Central

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-129).

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Realign Education Systems with Market Economies and Open Societies -- 2. Combat Poverty by Increasing Educational Fairness -- 3. Finance for Sustainability, Quality, and Fairness -- 4. Spend Resources More Efficiently -- 5. Reinvent Governance, Management, and Accountability -- 6. The Role of the World Bank -- Annex Tables -- A1. Total Population -- A2. School Age Population -- A3. Total Fertility Rate -- A4. Demographic Projections by Region -- A5. Preschool Enrollment Rates -- A6. Basic Education Enrollment Rates -- A7. General Upper Secondary Enrollment Rates -- A8. Vocational/Technical Upper Secondary Enrollment Rates -- A9. Overall Upper Secondary Enrollment Rates -- A10. Share of Students in Upper Secondary Education -- A11. Tertiary Enrollment Rates -- A12. Share of University Enrollments by Field of Study, Selected ECA Countries -- A13. Unemployment by Educational Level, Selected ECA Countries -- A14. Share of Registered Unemployed by Educational Level, Selected ECA Countries -- A15. Total Public Expenditures on Education -- A16. Student/Teacher Ratios in



Basic Education -- A17. Wages in Education in Selected ECA Countries -- References -- Glossary.

Sommario/riassunto

Informal payments in the health sector in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) is emerging as a fundamental aspect of health care financing and as a major impediment to health care reform. Private payments to public doctors, nurses, and other health personnel are essentially an informal market for health care occurring within the confines of public health care service networks. These expenditures are also outside the financial controls, policy rubric, and audits of countries' health care systems. Like the informal sector, it is often illegal and unreported, and despite the terminology, is a form of corruption. This paper outlines the key policy issues, summarizes available data on the scope and nature of informal payments across ECA and spells out the policy implications and possible strategies to address the problem.