improve: the quality, and not just the quantity, of education and health care; outcomes for disadvantaged groups; and lifelong …We discuss existing shortfalls and inequalities in the accumulation of human capital-knowledge, skills, and health. We …

estimates based on household surveys of the productive payoff in Sub-Saharan Africa to nutrition and health, as proxied by adult … height and weight-for-height, and to education, proxied by years of schooling completed, by level. Biases due to household … who still managed to obtain such an education. Studies evidence is then considered on the wage returns to variation in the …

. In particular, policy settings should be adjusted to increase access to good quality education and healthcare for rural …