Stuck in the Middle? Human Capital Development and Economic Growth

The challenge of sustaining economic growth over the long term is one that only a few countries have been able to surmount. Slowing momentum in countries like Malaysia and Thailand has led analysts and policy makers to consider what it would take to lift them out of middle-income status, where other...

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Main Authors:	Jimenez, Emmanuel, Nguyen, Vy, Patrinos, Harry Anthony
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	academic achievement academic performance access to children Access to education access to higher education access to schooling access to university adults average score basic education basic skills career civil service cognitive skills Comparative Education curriculum disadvantaged children early childhood early childhood development early childhood education Early childhood interventions early education Economics of Education educated mothers educated people educated population Education Agenda Education Economics education expenditures Education Experience Education Finance education for all education policies education quality education reforms education services education system education systems Educational Achievement Educational Attainment educational development Educational investments educational performance educational quality effective teaching enrollment rates equal access exams functional literacy generic skills Global Competitiveness Global Competitiveness Report gross enrollment Gross Enrollment Rate gross enrollment rates high quality education high school high school graduates higher education higher education enrollment Higher Education Finance Higher Education Funding higher education systems Human Capital human capital formation Human Development human resources Inclusion in Education Income Contingent Loans income-contingent Income-contingent loans instructors investment in education labor force labor market demand learning learning outcomes let life expectancy life skills literacy literature Math Education mathematics Ministry of Education Modern education National Education National Education Plan National Education Standards numeracy occupations open access Papers Parent participation parental education Parental participation participation rates performance of students primary enrollments primary level primary levels primary school Primary school enrollment primary schooling primary systems private schools public expenditure public funds public schooling qualified teachers Quality Assessment quality education quality of education quality standards rates of return reading Researchers return to education returns to education rural areas scholars scholastic achievement school autonomy school boards school council school enrollment school finance school graduates school participation School principals school quality school students schooling access Schooling Quality schools science education Science Study Secondary Education secondary school secondary school students secondary students skilled labor skilled people skilled workers social benefits social cohesion standardized tests Student Achievement student aid Student Assessment student interest student loans students in mathematics teacher teacher education teacher education institutes Teacher management Teacher Quality teacher shortage teachers teaching technical skills tertiary education tertiary enrollment tertiary enrollment rate tertiary level tertiary levels tertiary systems test scores training centers universities university education university programs vocational education vocational training young people
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