The Role and Impact of Public-Private Partnerships in Education

96 THE ROLE AND IMPACT OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATION
private finance initiatives for
infrastructure (continued)
key characteristic of, 28
PPP program description, 81
private management of schools, 32t, 35, 35t
empirical evidence for, 38–39, 39t
private partner selection, 34, 67–68
private schools, 29, 71
enrollment, 15
establishing and registering, 45b, 47–48,
48b, 66
experiences of PPP funding, 61–63
government funding of, 18–21
more effective and higher quality, 29
PPP financing options, 18
setting tuition and fees, 46, 65–66
subsidizing, 30, 49–50
targeting low-income students, 20
vs. public schools and use of subsidies, 39–40
private sector, 3, 4, 32. See also bidding process
infrastructure building, 25–28
international involvement, 57–58
operation of public schools, 24–25
private tutoring increase, 3
professional services, 9t, 10
and support services, 22–23
contracts, 60, 61
Programme for International Student
Assessment (PISA), 5, 30
Programa Ampliación de Cobertura de la
Educación Secundaria, 20, 36, 72
propensity and matching, 39t
public education sector, financing and service
provision, 3f
public-private partnerships (PPPs) for
education, 1, 2, 5, 64
access and quality improvement, 28–29
bringing in alternative operators, 22–28
continuum, 16–17, 16f, 61
definition and objectives of, 31–32
designing, 33, 44b, 53–58
education impacts, 33–34
empirical evidence, 7, 35–36, 37t, 38–40
endogeneity, 35, 36
evaluation methods, 83
financing, 3f, 18
flexibility, 34
framework for understanding, 59–61
funding of existing private schools, 15, 18–21
funding-based characteristics, 49–50
government promotion of, 43b
impacts on education objectives, 32t
implementing, 44b
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international experiences, unknown 61–63
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levels of engagement, 17–18
management by specialized institution, 21b,
29
partner selection, 53, 67–68
programs by contract type, 71–82
promoting competition, 34
pros and cons, 4–5
recommendations for, 69
research needed on education outcomes, 41
risk-sharing, 34
schools receive decision-making power, 28
self-selection problem, 31, 35, 36
separating purchaser and provider roles,
54
teams, 55
types, 2–3, 35t
Puerto Rico, PPP program description, 76
Punjab Education Foundation, 21b
Q
Qatar, 28, 75
Independent School Program, 24, 63, 80
quality, 21b, 35, 35t
and low price, 5
incentives, 29, 69
recommendations for, 29
specifications, 20–21
through private management of public
schools, 62
Quality Advancement and Institutional
Development, 77
Quality Assurance Certification Program,
Pakistan, 22
Quality Assurance Resource Center, Pakistan, 77
quality assurance system, 51–53, 67
Quality Education for All, Pakistan, 79
R
randomization, 37t, 38, 39t
randomized studies, 83
regression discontinuity analysis, 83
regulation weaknesses, 43, 45
regulatory environment, 42, 44b
regulatory framework, 18, 65–67
religious schools, 8
risk allocation, 28
risk-sharing, 4, 17, 34
by PPP type, 35t
S
SABIS, 46, 53
scholarships, 72, 75
school choice, 7, 8, 18–20, 30
school evaluation and review services, 52
school management, 33–34
school management program, Pakistan, 79
school performance, 15, 52
school types, 2–3
school-based management, 19
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