Education, economics and public policy

http://blogs.worldbank.org/education/disability-and-education-charity-investment Today, on World Autism Day, I’d like to highlight the impact of education on what persons with disabilities are capable of achieving. More than one billion people – 15% of the world’s population – experience some form of disability. One-fifth of the estimated global total, up to 190 million people, encounter significant disabilities. PersonsContinue reading “Disability and Education: From Charity to Investment”

Education for all: the private sector can contribute From: Private Sector and Development By Oni Lusk-Stover, Operations Officer, Education Human Development Network, The World Bankand Harry Anthony Patrinos,Manager, Education Human Development Network, The World Bank ¹ Education is a human right, which states have the responsibility to ensure. But they need not be the sole provider.Continue reading “Education for all: the private sector can contribute”

The American model of higher education is spreading. It is good at producing excellence, but needs to get better at providing access to decent education at a reasonable cost, says Emma Duncan Mar 28th 2015 |IF YOU LEARNED that the top dogs in a particular market were the same as 100 years ago, you wouldContinue reading “Excellence v equity: From The Economist, March 28, 2015”

My interview on #girlseducation on WPFW archived under Sojourner Truth, Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 4pm: http://ow.ly/KMScG

What 50 years of “Returns to Education” has given us  Posted at: World Economic Forum: Agenda https://agenda.weforum.org/2015/03/what-50-years-of-returns-to-education-has-given-us/ By Harry A. Patrinos Mar 24 2015 At last week’s Comparative and International Education Society annual conferencein Washington DC, Najeeb Shafiqput together a special panel honoring the work of pioneering education economists Martin Carnoy and George Psacharopoulos(formerly ofContinue reading “What 50 years of “Returns to Education” has given us”

At last week’s Comparative and International Education Society annual conference in Washington DC, Najeeb Shafiqput together a special panel honoring the work of pioneering education economists Martin Carnoy and George Psacharopoulos (formerly of the World Bank).  Martin and George were supervised by Theodore Schultz, a Nobel Prize winning economist, who made human capital theory anContinue reading “What education experts think of returns to schooling”

What Works in Education to Get Economies Moving and to Sustain Growth?.

Last week I gave the Keynote Speech at the 8th Global Educational Supplies and Solutions (GESS) Dubai and Global Education Forum.  I affirmed the important role of education in society in my presentation, “What Works in Education to Get Economies Moving and to Sustain Growth?”  I said that education is one of the most powerful tools forContinue reading “What Works in Education to Get Economies Moving and to Sustain Growth?”