TY - GEN AU - Mohammed, Jennifer AU - Lochan, Samuel TI - Understanding educational financing: a manual for developing countries SN - 0-85092-669-6 PB - Commonwealth Secretariat KW - EDUCATIONAL FINANCING KW - SCHOOLS KW - CARIBBEAN KW - EDUCATIONAL PLANNING KW - EDUCATION KW - RESOURCE ALLOCATION N2 - Presents educational financing modules, that evolved from a series of seminars held in the small states of the Caribbean and the Pacific, focused on improving the financial understanding and budgetary skills of key education personnel. Covers themes such as development thinking and the implications for education, assessing the local educational environment; planning the financing of education; budgeting and negotiating; school financing; project planning and use of technology. Provides overviews of the issues, detailed content relevant to themes, includes definitions, teaching materials and extended interaction with materials through boxed excerpts, reflective questions and hands-on activities, case studies and summaries ER -