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Research Into The Financing Of Technical And Vocational Education And Training (Tvet) In The Pacific : Solomon Islands : Country Report, Andrea Bateman, Elizabeth Cassity, Judy Fangalasuu Jul 2016

Research Into The Financing Of Technical And Vocational Education And Training (Tvet) In The Pacific : Solomon Islands : Country Report, Andrea Bateman, Elizabeth Cassity, Judy Fangalasuu

Dr Elizabeth Cassity

This report provides a detailed analysis of the financing of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Solomon Islands. The report forms part of the study Research into the Financing of TVET in the Pacific initiated through Australia’s aid program in 2012. The study aims to produce, in conjunction with host country governments and TVET stakeholders, a comprehensive empirical analysis of the systems for financing TVET in seven Pacific countries (Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu), identify key financing issues, and identify directions through which future financing for TVET could be made more efficient …


Estimating The Effects Of Educational System Contraction: The Case Of China’S Rural School Merger Initiative, Emily Hannum, Xiaoying Liu, Fan Wang Dec 2015

Estimating The Effects Of Educational System Contraction: The Case Of China’S Rural School Merger Initiative, Emily Hannum, Xiaoying Liu, Fan Wang

Emily C. Hannum

Contraction of educational systems can be a policy response to shrinking school-age cohorts. In China, fertility decline and unprecedented population outmigration have eroded school-aged populations in some rural communities, and a national policy to consolidate educational infrastructure in sparsely-populated rural districts was implemented in the early 2000s. This paper capitalizes on a unique household and village economic survey implemented in 2011 among households in 751 villages across 7 provinces in western China that collected information about primary school closures. 217 villages had school closures after 1999. We analyze impact on educational attainment with a difference-in-difference identification strategy by exploiting the …