Priorities and Strategies for Education

Download or read book Priorities and Strategies for Education written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1995 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Education is critical to economic growth and poverty reduction, especially as labor market structures shift dramatically with changing technology and economic reform. This paper reviews the literature and data on the contribution of education to development and on the financing of education in developing countries. It outlines policy options and reforms for increasing access to education and for improving equity and efficiency in educational services. Also available: French (ISBN 0-8213-3410-7) Stock No. 13410; Spanish (ISBN 0-8213-3411-5) Stock No. 13411.