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Does investing in education reduce poverty? Evidence from Ghana, Uganda and South Africa: ( Simon Appleton;Geeta Kingdon;John Knight;Måns Söderbom;Francis Teal / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2003); Three broad facts about education have emerged from recent research. Firstly, almost universally education is found to lift people out of poverty. Secondly, when a comparison is made between investing...
Evidence of returns to schooling in Africa from household surveys: monitoring and restructuring the market for education: ( T.P. Schultz / Economic Growth Center, Yale University , 2003); In the last two decades, many countries in Africa have had difficulty extending primary and secondary schooling to an increasing fraction of their youth, or in building high quality university trainin...
Rationale for public investments in primary education in developing countries: background paper for the evaluation of the World Bank’s support to primary education: ( M. Boissiere / Operations Evaluations Division, World Bank , 2004); This paper reviews the literature on the rationale for public investments in primary education, especially with respect to international initiatives such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and...
Higher education and economic growth in Africa: ( D. Bloom; D. Canning; K. Chan / World Bank , 2005); For several decades, African countries and the donor institutions they work with have placed great emphasis on primary and, more recently, secondary education. But they have neglected tertiary educati...
Where has all the education gone?: ( L. Pritchett / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank , 1996); How to explain the surprising finding that more education did not lead to faster economic growth?
Cross national data on economic growth rates show that increases in educational capital resulting fr...
Private returns to education in Ghana: implications for investments in schooling and migration: ( H. A. Sackey / African Economic Research Consortium , 2008); This study examines private returns to schooling in Ghana over a seven-year period, and the implications for school investments and migration. ...
The role of education quality in economic growth: ( E.A. Hanushek; L. Wößmann / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank , 2007); What is the role of education and human capital in economic development? This paper argues that it is not the school attainment of the population, but the skills acquired through education that are es...
Education quality and economic growth: ( E. A. Hanushek;L. Wößmann / World Bank Research , 2007); Access to education is one of the highest priorities on the development agenda. High-profile international commitment to progress has helped galvanise policy-makers into action. This book aims...
Paying the price: the economic cost of failing to educate girls: ( Plan International , 2008); Education is vital to the future prospects and development of children across the globe. Gaining a good education is at least as important for girls as it is for boys. This report presents a new an...