Education and Development: Measuring the Social Benefits

by Walter W. McMahon

Book Overview

Education is a key area for knowledge-based, globalizing economies. Economies depend on education not only for the diffusion of knowledge and learning of new techniques, but also for long-term poverty reduction and improved health. This book develops a new approach for measuring the social benefits of education and finding more cost-effective policies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199250723
• ISBN13: 9780199250721
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"