records and educational reports to analyze the role of education in economic divergence. Three key findings emerge. First …, China pursued a bottom-up strategy, first expanding primary education, followed by secondary and tertiary levels. India, in … education before primary. Second, China prioritized quantity over quality, whereas India's expansion attempted to balance …

This paper assesses the status of education, both quantity and quality, in Bihar in both absolute terms and relative to … of educational outcomes. It also surveys the broader literature on education policies which provides a perspective on the … current policies in the field of education in Bihar. Finally, it makes a case for several policy initiatives that should be …

This paper examines factors affecting literacy and access to school education in West Bengal, India, and reports the …

Despite the evidence for high returns to education at an individual level, large increases in education across the … problem. In India both men and women with more education live in households with greater consumption per capita. Yet in …

from private to government schools, lower household spending on education, reduced food expenditure impacting nutrition …

, responds to a wide range of variables, including parental education and motivation, social background, dependency ratios, work …

(english) Reforms of primary education undertaken in Madhya Pradesh since the mid-1990’s have been said to be bringing … 2002. Substantial progress has been made in enrolling underprivileged children, but the quality of education now deserves … more emphasis. Indeed, the ‘education guarantee’ offered is incomplete, as the schools under study are affected by low …

This paper assesses the status of education, both quantity and quality, in Bihar in both absolute terms and relative to … of educational outcomes. It also surveys the broader literature on education policies which provides a perspective on the … current policies in the field of education in Bihar. Finally, it makes a case for several policy initiatives that should be …