Gust, Sarah; Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2023
How far is the world away from ensuring that every child obtains the basic skills needed to be internationally … skills for 159 countries that cover 98.1% of world population and 99.4% of world GDP. We find that at least two-thirds of the … universal basic skills amounts to over $ 700 trillion over the remaining century, or 11% of discounted GDP. …