01821cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF008332 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451859270 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Jenkner, Eva. User Payments for Basic Education in Low-Income Countries / Eva Jenkner, Arye Hillman. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (33 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Insufficient resources and inadequate public expenditure management often prevent governments in low-income countries from providing quality basic education free of charge. User payments by parents are an alternative means of financing basic education. This paper assesses how user payments affect educational opportunities and quality of education for children of poor families in low-income countries. Conditions are identified under which user payments can or cannot improve educational outcomes. User payments, whether taking the form of compulsory benefit taxation or voluntary user fees, are a temporary solution and second-best compared with free-access, publicly financed quality education that is consistent with macroeconomic stability. Mode of access: Internet Hillman, Arye. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2002/182 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2002/182/001.2002.issue-182-en.xml IMF e-Library