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ERIC Number: EJ653625
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-1539-9664
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Barren Land.
Easterly, William
Education Next, v2 n3 p18-23 Fall 2002
States that despite spending massive amounts of money to expand their educational systems, poor countries have witnessed a 4-decade decline in their medium economic growth rates from 3 percent in the 1960s to zero percent in the 1990s. Offers several reasons for the decline, such as variations in the quality of education and low labor productivity. (PKP)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Economics, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Human Capital, Income, Wages
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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