last decade in the selected countries came with increased average opportunities in education and health; but distribution …

costs for different levels of schooling, we show that reducing household costs of primary education has the largest positive … impact on growth and poverty reduction in the short run. Moreover, an increase in higher education spending increases long …-run growth. These effects can be substantial even when increasing education spending comes at the expense of public …

education and the quality, or “technical efficiency” of spending. While it finds partial evidence for the claim that more …

No country has achieved sustained economic development without investment in education. Thus, education policy can play … development. In addition to identifying some characteristics of an optimal education policy, the paper helps in understanding why …

Recent efforts at poverty alleviation emphasize increasing government spending on education. However, even if spending … indigenous women who have the lowest levels of education in the country. …