IS THERE A CONFLICT BETWEEN COMMERCIAL GAIN AND CONCERN FOR THE POOR? EVIDENCE FROM PRIVATE SCHOOLS FOR THE POOR IN INDIA AND NIGERIA

James Tooley and Pauline Dixon

Economic Affairs, 2005, vol. 25, issue 2, 20-26

Abstract: In many developing countries, private unaided schools are serving the poor in large numbers. Some commentators view their presence as undesirable ‐ in particular assuming that there is a conflict between‘commercial gain’ and ‘concern for the poor’. We show one way in which there is no conflict ‐ the private unaided schools offer free or concessionary places to the poorest of the poor. Using data from a random sample of schools in Hyderabad, India, and a smaller sample in Makoko, Nigeria, we show that such places range from 10–20% of all places offered.

Date: 2005
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