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- Title
The Efficiency of Education Expenditure in Latin America and Lessons for Colombia.
- Authors
Salazar Cuéllar, Andrés Felipe
- Abstract
This paper appraises quantitatively the efficiency of public expenditure of 15 Latin American countries using cross-country data for averages between 2000 and 2009. For this purpose two non-parametric methods are used: Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Free Disposal Hull (FDH). Selected output indicators in primary and secondary school are evaluated respect to public spending in education per student. As a study case, Colombia's efficiency scores are compared with the most efficient peers in each of the educational levels to identify best practices and achieve better results.
- Subjects
LATIN America; COLOMBIA; GOVERNMENT policy; EDUCATION benchmarking; GOVERNMENT spending policy; ADMINISTRATIVE efficiency; EDUCATION policy; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL finance; THEORY of the firm; MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS
- Publication
Desarrollo y Sociedad, 2014, Issue 74, p19
- ISSN
0120-3584
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.13043/DYS.74.1