1、SPEND BETTER,SPEND MOREHow to Make Education Expenditures Count for Children in PakistanSouth Asia Region Education Global Practice The World Bank Juan D.Barn,Mary Bend,Fahad Mirza,Nimra Afzal,Hirut Wolde,Nadeem HussainPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure Authori

2、zedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedACKNOWLEDGMENTSLed by Senior Economist Juan D.Barn,the team comprised Mary(May)Bend,Fahad Mirza,Nimra Afzal,Hirut Wolde,and Nadeem Hussain,who contributed substantial technical inputs,data analysis,recommendations,and content development for the report.Elizabeth Salud

3、and Insiya Syed provided design and photography,respectively.Special thanks to Maria Qazi who supported the poverty analysis in the report.This report has benefited from innumerable discussions over four years of policy dialogue with provincial and federal governments,local and international develop

4、ment partners,private sector,civil society organizations,and other stakeholders committed to improve education for all children in Pakistan.For enriching our consultations,we express our gratitude to the Additional Secretary and the Coordination&Implementation Lead at the Ministry of Federal Educati

5、on&Professional Training(MOFEPT),Secretaries from Punjab,Sindh,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan Education Departments and staff from all provincial Planning and Development Departments,research firms,civil society organizations,and international development partners including FCDO,UNICEF,UNHCR,USA

6、ID,and JICA,among others.Representatives from Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi(ITA),Institute of Social&Policy Sciences(I-SAPS),Tabadlab,Cambridge Partnership for Education(CPE),and Pak Alliance for Maths&Science(PAMS);civil society organizations like Malala Fund,Pakistan Coalition for Education(PCE),Global