Financing student loans in Thailand: revolving fund or open-ended commitment?

Autor/in	Ziderman, Adrian
Titel	Financing student loans in Thailand: revolving fund or open-ended commitment?
Quelle	In: Economics of education review, 21 (2002) 4, S. 367-380Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 16; Tabellen 9
Sprache	englisch; englische Zusammenfassung
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/S0272-7757(01)00024-3
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Ausbildungsförderung; Darlehen; Finanzierung; Studium; Hochschule; Studienförderung; Thailand; Förderung; Stipendium; Förderung; Stipendium; Sekundarschule; Darlehen; Finanzierung; Ausbildungsförderung; Studium; Studienförderung; Hochschule; Thailand
Abstract	A student loan scheme (SLS) came into efefct recently in Thailand, covering both upper secondary and tertiary level schooling. The central objective of the scheme is social - to increase access of poor students and to prevent student dropout. The loans scheme is highly subsidized owing to the extremely favorable repayment conditions, which in turn calls into question the longer-term financial viability of the scheme. The average repayment ration on loans is only about 20 %, while an overall loan recovery, taking into account repayment default and administation costs, is 10 % or less. It is recommended that the loans scheme for the upper secondary schooling be converted to a grants scheme; alternative reforms are suggested to rise the average repayment and recovery rations on loans for tertiary level students, closer in line with international experience. (DIPF/Orig.)
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2003_(CD)