The Effectiveness of Foreign Aid to Education: What Can Be Learned?

Abby Rubin Riddell

No wp-2012-075, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper reviews what has been learned over many decades of foreign aid to education. It discusses what works and what does not and in this discussion draws attention to the fact that even a simple assessment requires more than providing a uniform check-list of inputs. It shows the positive contribution that aid has made to education in aid-recipient countries, the most tangible outcome of which is the contribution that aid makes to expanding enrolments especially of basic education.

Keywords: Economic assistance and foreign aid; Economic policy; Education; Public welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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