In many developing countries, private unaided schools are serving the poor in large numbers. Some commentators view their presence as undesirable ‐ in particular assuming that there is a conflict between‘commercial gain’ and ‘concern for the poor’. We show one way in which there is no conflict ‐ the private unaided schools offer free or concessionary places to the poorest of the poor. Using data from a random sample of schools in Hyderabad, India, and a smaller sample in Makoko, Nigeria, we show that such places range from 10–20% of all places offered.
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Tooley et al. (2005) studied this question.