Financing Public Higher Education in Developing Countries. The Potential Role of Loan Schemes.

Mingat, Alain; Tan, Jee-Peng

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Publication Date: 1986

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Financing Public Higher Education in Developing Countries. The Potential Role of Loan Schemes.

Mingat, Alain; Tan, Jee-Peng

Higher Education, v15 n3-4 p283-97 1986

An examination of student loan programs to finance college education in developing nations finds that in Asia and Latin America the potential rate of cost recovery is better than for francophone and anglophone Africa, but that in Africa the approach would still permit a shift toward greater private financing of higher education. (MSE)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, Educational Economics, Educational Finance, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Loan Repayment, Private Financial Support, Student Financial Aid, Student Loan Programs

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Identifiers - Location: Africa; Asia

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