1. PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR EDUCATION
Presented at
the World Bank Training Course
April 11, 2002
Professor E.S. Savas
School of Public Affairs, Baruch College,
City University of New York

2. Compaq:
GOVERNMENTAL
Government
NONGOVERNMENTAL

3. Individual goods Common- Exclusion pool goods Consumpt ion Collective
Feasible
Exclusion
Infeasible
Fish in the sea
Indiv
Private auto
Higher education
Consumpt ion
Taxi
Primary education
Bus
City street
Turnpike
Highway
National defense
Joint
Cable TV
Collective
goods
Toll
goods

4. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

5. SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS FOR EDUCATION
svc arrangements, 1

6. SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS FOR EDUCATION
svc arrangements, 2

7. TYPICAL PROBLEMS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS

8. PUBLIC POLICIES TO EXPAND PRIVATE EDUCATION

9. EDUCATION TRENDS AND PRIVATE-SECTOR POTENTIAL (1)

10. EDUCATION TRENDS AND PRIVATE-SECTOR POTENTIAL (2)

12. ARGUMENTS FOR VOUCHERS6.

14. Selected Examples of Demand-Side Financing in Developing Countries
Mechanism Country
Public stipend/ Bangladesh, Indonesia, Guatemala,
Scholarship Mozambique, Pakistan
Community Financing Chad, El Salvador, Myanmar, Pakistan
Targeted Bursaries Brazil, China, Colombia, Mexico, Tanzania
Voucher-type scheme Chile, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya
Public subsidies to Belize, Czech Republic, Dominican
Private schools Republic, Lesotho
Community grants Bangladesh, Brazil, Pakistan
Matching grants Botswana, China, India, Tanzania

15. Growth in Private Enrollments, West Africa (%)66
Tertiary 8
Secondary/Senior
Secondary 72 20
Middle/Junior
Secondary 32
123 6
Primary
123 40 20 40 60 80
100
120
140
Côte d’Ivoire(Average annual growth from 1991/ /96)
Senegal (1987/ /98)
The Gambia ( )

16. Private Enrollment in Primary Education (%)

17. Private Enrollment in Tertiary Education (%)

18. Inequitable Public Spending: Distribution of Public Expenditures by Income Quintile

19. Private Business Schools in Eastern Europe, 1998
Poland 91
Czech Republic 29
Armenia 21
Romania 18
Bulgaria
Slovenia
Macedonia 0
Apollo Group (Univ of Phoenix) -- Apollo International
Sylvan Learning Systems -- Universidad Europea de Madrid
Unext.com?
Columbia, Chicago, Stanford, LSE, Carnegie Mellon

20. Private Spending on Education as Percent of Total Education Spending, all Levels
Uganda
Chile
Korea
Indonesia
United States
Mali
Japan
Germany
France
Denmark
Netherlands
Sweden 57 45 41 37 26 25 23 22 9 7 3 2 10 20 30 40 50 60

21. THE CHALLENGE
To promote the sustainable supply of quality private education at all levels