02188cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF014184 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484398241 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Grigoli, Francesco. A Hybrid Approach to Estimating the Efficiency of Public Spending on Education in Emerging and Developing Economies / Francesco Grigoli. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014. 1 online resource (24 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 The measurement of the efficiency of public education expenditure using parametric and non-parametric methods has proven challenging. This paper seeks to overcome the difficulties of earlier studies by using a hybrid approach to measure the efficiency of secondary education spending in emerging and developing economies. The approach accounts for the impact of the level of development on education outcomes by constructing different efficiency frontiers for lower- and higher-income economies. We find evidence of large potential gains in enrollment rates by improving efficiency. These are largest in lower-income economies, especially in Africa. Reallocating expenditure to reduce student-to-teacher ratios (where these are high) and improving the quality of institutions (as measured by the "governance effectiveness" indicator in the World bank's Governance Indicators database) could help improve the efficiency of education spending. Easing the access to education facilities and reducing income inequality (as measured by the Gini coefficient) could also help improve efficiency. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/019 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2014/019/001.2014.issue-019-en.xml IMF e-Library