Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/52880 
Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Discussion Paper No. 2001/147
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Using panel data from a unique survey of public primary schools in Uganda we assess the degree of leakage of public funds in education. The survey data reveal that on average, during the period 1991–5, schools received only 13 percent of what the central government contributed to the schools’ non-wage expenditures. The bulk of the allocated spending was either used by public officials for purposes unrelated to education or captured for private gain (leakage). Moreover we find that resource flows and leakages are endogenous to school characteristics. Rather than being passive recipients of flows from government, schools use their bargaining power vis-à-vis other parts of government to secure greater shares of funding. Resources are therefore not necessarily allocated according to the rules underlying government budget decisions, with potential equity and efficiency implications.
Subjects: 
public services
education
private gain
leakage
JEL: 
H52
H72
I22
I29
N37
ISBN: 
9291901199
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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