AID policies and programming in education, v. 2 : role of education in development -- a synthesis of recent literature

resources should be allocated to the education sector is no longer in question, but debate continues over how to allocate limited funds. This second of a 3-volume report on A.I.D. policy and programming in education synthesizes information on the role of education in international development to enable policymakers, technical officers, project managers, and planners to make an informed appraisal of the value of investing in the education sector. Over 50 publications, including A.I.D. studies and evaluations, World Bank reports, UNESCO publications, and other academic materials, were consulted and are listed in the bibliography. The volume"s two central sections discuss: (1) measuring the impact of education on social and economic development, and the contribution of education to productivity, fertility declines, health, technology transfer, the private sector, and women in development; and (2) the external efficiency of spending in education subsectors and internal inefficiencies undermining the effectiveness of education in the 1980"s.