Education and development projects in Brazil (1932-2004)political economy perspective

Resumo

This paper discusses the long-run history of education policies in Brazil. It is suggested that the main reason for the educational backwardness was the existence of strong political interests over education. It is also defended that these interests can be empirically observed in the allocation of public resources between the different levels of education, with political choices favouring specific groups in society. It was not a matter of lack of investment in education, but of inadequate allocation of resources. This pattern of political-based policies created a strong negative path dependence of misallocation of resources in education in Brazil, particularly with significant underinvestment in secondary education.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2013

Instituição

Fundação Getulio Vargas

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Acesso aberto

DOI

10.1590/S0101-31572013000100008

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/25028

Temas

Administração PúblicaEducação

Palavras-chave

EducationPolitical interestsPublic expenditureAdministração públicaEducaçãoEducação - Política governamentalInvestimentos na educação