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Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Malawi: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Annual Progress Report
International Monetary Fund
This paper reviews the Annual Progress Report on Malawi’s Poverty Reduction Strategy (MPRS). The poverty situation remained high over the implementation period of the MPRS. The government continued funding activities that have been perceived to have an impact on poverty reduction. The MPRS outlined a number of macroeconomic policies that have been adhered to achieve the macroeconomic targets. These policies have been mainly in the form of monetary, fiscal, and structural policies.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; civil society; financial year; primary education; economic planning; inflation rate; secondary education; resource allocation; basic education; financial support; Agroindustries; Global
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User Payments for Basic Education in Low-Income Countries
Ms. Eva Jenkner
and
Mr. Arye L. Hillman
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.
Keywords:
WP; user payment; School enrollment; enrollment rate; school fee; Community schooling; Government expenditure and education; education; primary education; Education spending; Gender inequality; South Asia; Sub-Saharan Africa; East Asia; Central Asia; East Africa