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Cost Efficiency and Effectiveness

Abagi, D. (1999). Resource utilization in public universities in Kenya; Enhancing efficiency and cost-recovery measures. Nairobi: Institute of Policy and Analysis Research.

Ajayi, T. (1988). An analysis of recurrent unit cost of higher education: Ogun State University. Higher Education Policy, 1(4), 11–15.

Albrecht, D. & Ziderman, A. (1991). Deferred cost recovery for higher education: Student loans in developing countries (Vol. 137). Washington, D.C.: The World Bank.

Association of African Universities. (1991). Study on cost effectiveness and efficiency in African universities. Accra: Association of African Universities.

Blair, R. D. D. (1990). Cost effectiveness and efficiency in universities: An African (in particular, Zimbabwean) perspective. Lusaka: British Council Report of a Workshop on Cost Reduction and Recovery and Alternative Funding.

Brock, A. (1996). Budgeting models and university efficiency: A Ghanaian case study. Higher Education, 32, 113–127.

Castrol-Leal, F. (1996). Who benefits from public education spending in Malawi? Results from the recent education reform. The World Bank Discussion Paper No. 350. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank.

Diouf, M. (1990). The life style of Senegal's elites and their macroeconomic impact, The long-term perspective study of Sub-Saharan Africa: Institutional and sociopolitical issues (Vol. 3, pp. 60–72). Washington, D.C.: The World Bank.

Fielden, J. (Ed.). (1995). Cost containment study at the National University of Lesotho. London: Commonwealth Higher Education Management Service.

Hartnett, Teresa. (2000). Financing Trends and Expenditure Patterns in Nigerian Federal Universities: An Update. Unpublished report. Washington, D.C.: Africa Region, The World Bank.

Hinchliffe, K., et.al. (1988). Cost effectiveness of technical and vocational education training. Gaborone: University of Botswana.

Ishengoma, Johnson. (2004). "Cost Sharing in Higher Education in Tanzania: Fact or Fiction." Journal of Higher Education in Africa, 2 (2).

Montasser, S. H. (1995). A human capital approach to cost-benefit analysis of higher education in Egypt: Some preliminary indications. Higher Education Policy, 8(1), 33–35.

Ngu, J. L. (1992). The Relevance of African Higher Education. Paper presented at a Senior Policy Seminar on Enhancing Effectiveness and Efficiency in African Higher Education. World Bank, Economic Development Institute, March 1992, Harare, Zimbabwe.

Nichols, Jane. (2001). "Cost Recovery in Ethiopian Higher Education." Addis Ababa: World Bank.

Ogbu, Osita M., and Mark Gallagher. (1991). "On Public Expenditures and Delivery of Education in Sub-Saharan Africa." Comparative Education Review 35 (2):295-318.

Onwumechili, C. Agodi. (1991). "Resource Planning/Allocation and Cost-Effectiveness: Trends in Higher Education Financing." paper presented at the UNESCO/AAU Seminar on Higher Education Governance and Management, November 1991, Accra, Ghana.

Orivel, F. (1988). Couts, Financement et Efficacite des Universites de 1'Afrique SubSaharienne Francophone. Working Paper. World Bank, Economic Development Institute, Division of Human Resources.

Orodho, J. A. (1995). Cost recovery and its impact on quality, access and equity: The case of Kenyan public universities. Higher Education Policy, 8(1), 40–43.

Rodrigues, A. & Wandiga, S. O. (1997). Cost sharing in public universities: A Kenyan case study. Higher Education Policy, 10(1), 55–80.

Schraeder, P. (1995). From Berlin 1884 to 1989: Foreign assistance and French, American, and Japanese competition in Francophone Africa. Journal of Modern African Studies, 33(4), 539–567.

Tarpeh, D. & Association of African Universities. (1994). Study on cost effectiveness and efficiency in African universities (phase II): An overview. Accra: Association of African Universities.

Woodhall, Maureen. (1995). "Financial Diversification in Higher Education: A Review of International Experience and Implications for African Universities." Higher Education Policy, 8 (1), pp. 16-23.

Dissertations

Diarra, M. C. (1997). Educational Costs and Cost Recovery in Developing Countries: The Case of Mali. Ph.D. dissertation. Louisiana State University, USA.

Louise, C. C. (1980). Effectiveness of an agricultural instructional model of basic vegetable production at Ahfad University college for women in Omdurman, Sudan. Ph.D. dissertation, Iowa State University.

Siphambe, H. K. (1997). Earnings differentials and rates of return to education in Botswana. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Manitoba (Canada).

Winter, C. (1988). Post-secondary school technical training in South Africa: External efficiency and policy issues. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Southern California.

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