Armenia: Restructuring to Sustain Universal General Education

by Perkins, Gillian; Yemtsov, Ruslan

• ISBN13: 9780821349274
• ISBN10: 0821349279
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: World Bank

Summary

This book compares the recent evolution of the structure of inputs and expenditure in Armenia's general education with international norms and practice. In the context of the government's sectoral reform strategy, it also outlines various proposals for restructuring the system.The study clarifies what inefficiencies might mean for future costs and performance of the system, highlights the trade-offs involved, and identifies measures needed to overcome constraints to rationalization.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Abstract	vi
Currency and Equivalent Units	vii
Acronyms and Abbreviations	vii
Executive Summary	viii
Background and Purpose of the Study	1	(5)
Nature of the challenge	1	(2)
Government strategy	3	(2)
Purposes of this paper	5	(1)
The Structure of Expenditure and Inputs	6	(10)
Evolution of the education budget	6	(1)
Expenditure from all sources on general education	7	(5)
Summary of comparison with international practice	12	(1)
Restructuring proposals	13	(3)
Medium Term Scenarios	16	(10)
Methodology	16	(1)
Trade-off between teachers' wages and the pupil/teacher ratio	17	(3)
What if nothing is done? Continuing the system as it is now	20	(1)
The impact of restructuring proposals	21	(2)
Conclusion	23	(3)
Policy Implications	26	(11)
Restructuring to meet education objectives	26	(3)
Improving public expenditure	29	(1)
Mobilizing non-budgetary resources and limiting inequities	30	(1)
Implementing rationalization	31	(6)
APPENDIX: METHODOLOGY, ASSUMPTIONS, AND PROJECTIONS	37	(18)
Macro and demographic assumptions	37	(2)
Input variables	39	(8)
Costs in relation to fiscal projections	47	(4)
Sensitivity analysis for MTEF scenario	51	(4)
References	55