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Enhancing Excellence: Socially Motivated Private Schools of Nepal

Pal, S.; Saha, B.

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S. Pal



Abstract

Social motivation can promote efficiency of public service delivery though its role in providing schooling is little understood. We provide both theoretical and empirical insights as to why not-for-profit private schools could enhance excellence in schooling, using Nepal as a case study. Results suggest that socially motivated trust schools outperform all other types of schools irrespective of whether we consider standardised test scores, absolute or relative to school expenditure per student. Results are robust and highlight that trust school’s social objective, coupled with private financing, ownership, and management that minimises its agency costs, is key to their value for money.

Citation

Pal, S., & Saha, B. (2019). Enhancing Excellence: Socially Motivated Private Schools of Nepal. The Journal of Development Studies, 55(5), 765-785. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2018.1464142

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 26, 2018
Online Publication Date May 7, 2018
Publication Date 2019
Deposit Date Mar 27, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of Development Studies
Print ISSN 0022-0388
Electronic ISSN 1743-9140
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 55
Issue 5
Pages 765-785
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2018.1464142
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1363491

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