@article{Zeinali:273690,
      recid = {273690},
      author = {Zeinali, Armin and Jenkins, Glenn P. and Klevchuk, Andrey},
      title = {Infrastructure Choices in Education: Location, Build or  Repair},
      address = {2009-04},
      number = {2110-2018-4330},
      series = {Working Paper No. 1204},
      pages = {28},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {The purpose of this study is to develop a model to arrive  at a joint optimizing strategy for the use of a given  capital budget for the construction of new school buildings  and for the repair of the already existing schools. This is  to be done in a way that will have the maximum positive  impact on the enhancement of the education system. Cost  effectiveness analysis is used as the main analytical tool  in the analysis. A key factor of the model is that it gives  one the optimal mix of repair versus new construction that  should be undertaken under a fixed budget constraint. The  model is simulated using a sample data set from the  information available for the education sector of Limpopo  Province, South Africa. It utilizes a very basic set of  information that is available in all school districts  across the province. Application of this model for the  selection of infrastructure investments (either building or  repair) in the education sector would increase the  efficiency of capital expenditure in this sector. This is  particularly the case for the countries that are faced with  a large excess demand for school buildings.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/273690},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.273690},
}