The financing of education in Brazil : with special reference to the North, Northeast and Center-West regions

Brazil has a federal government with a decentralized education system and unequal sub-national government financing. Tax assignment and revenue sharing among municipalities, states, and the Union, have a detrimental impact on educational financing. This study analyzes Brazil ' s budget for FY95...

• Main Author: Soares, Sergei
• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank. Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office 1998
• Series: LCSHD paper series no. 17
• Subjects: FINANCIAMIENTO DE LA EDUCACION; COSTO DE LA ENSEÑANZA; BRASIL; GASTOS DE LA EDUCACION

Table of Contents:

• Executive summary
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Revenue-sharing and tax assignment
• 3. Expenditures on education
• 4. The federal voluntary educational transfer system
• 5. The fundo de valorizacao do magisterio (FVM)
• 6. Conclusion
• 7. Update
• Bibliography.