UDC [338.45:37]:[336.22:352](477.83)
Storonyanska, I. Z., & Benovska, L. Y. (2013). Udoskonalennya osvitn'oyi merezhi yak napryamok pidvyshchennya efektyvnosti vydatkiv mistsevykh byudzhetiv L'vivs'koyi oblasti [Improvement of Education Network as the Direction of Improving the Efficiency of Local Budgets Expenditures in Lviv Region]. Rehional'na ekonomika - Regional Economy, 70(4), 51-60. [in Ukrainian].
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The problems of functioning and financing of educational institutions network of Lviv region are investigated and the necessity of its reformation in accordance with changes in the economic and demographic situation is proved. It is accented simultaneously with the growth share of the local budget expenditures in Lviv region on education sector in total expenditures the problem of low efficiency costs is remains sharp, due to the large number of low-complete schools, a low share of capital costs in the education sector. The estimation of education expenditure efficiency, depending on the quality of secondary education is performed. It is proposed to estimate the quality of educational services in dependence of external testing results. The basic directions of optimization of network of educational institutions for preschool, secondary and nonscholastic education are proposed.

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local budgets, network of educational institutions, cost efficiency, quality of education, low-complete schools