Approaches to results-based funding in tertiary education: identifying finance reform options for Chile

Kristian Thorn, Lauritz Holm-Nielsen and Jette Samuel Jeppesen

No 3436, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: Unrealized potential exists for increasing accountability and transparency in Chilean tertiary education by allocating resources based on achieved results rather than historical precedence and political negotiation. Against this background, the authors profile approaches to results-based funding of tertiary education to identify efficacious finance reform options for Chile. International experience shows that financing by results is not a ready-made concept, but a broad label that offers a menu of design options. To decipher results-based funding, the authors cover all phases in designing and implementing a results-based funding system and highlight strengths and weaknesses of concepts, such as taximeter funding, performance contracts, and formula-based allocations.

Keywords: Public Health Promotion; Agricultural Knowledge&Information Systems; Decentralization; Teaching and Learning; Health Monitoring&Evaluation; Agricultural Knowledge&Information Systems; Gender and Education; Health Monitoring&Evaluation; Curriculum&Instruction; Teaching and Learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-10-01
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