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Do School Facilities Matter? The Case of the Peruvian Social Fund (FONCODES)

A revised version was published as The Allocation and Impact of Social Funds: Spending on School Infrastructure in Peru (with Christina Paxson). World Bank Economic Review 16 (2): 297-319, 2002. - Education projects of the Peruvian Social Fund (FONCODES) have reached poor districts and, to the exten...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schady, Norbert
Other Authors: Paxson, Christina
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C The World Bank 1999
Subjects:
Investments In Education
School Breakfast
Financial Literacy
School Facilities
Health, Nutrition And Population
Illiteracy
Classrooms
Social Protections And Labor
Rural Development
Schoolchildren
Educational Infrastructure
Education
Poverty Reduction
School Attendance
Disability
Housing And Human Habitats
Population Policies
Gender And Education
Education For All
Poverty Monitoring And Analysis
Attendance Rates
Educational Inputs
Sanitation
School
Public School
School Level
Rural Poverty Reduction
Textbooks
Attendance Rate
Educational Outcomes
Values
Communities & Human Settlements
Tertiary Education
Finance And Financial Sector Development
Access To Schooling
Primary Education
Gender
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Collection: World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:A revised version was published as The Allocation and Impact of Social Funds: Spending on School Infrastructure in Peru (with Christina Paxson). World Bank Economic Review 16 (2): 297-319, 2002. - Education projects of the Peruvian Social Fund (FONCODES) have reached poor districts and, to the extent they live in those districts, poor households. FONCODES has had a positive effect on school attendance rates for young children, but not on the likelihood that children will be at an appropriate school level for their age. Since its creation in 1991, the Peruvian Social Fund (FONCODES) has spent about US
Physical Description:40 p.

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