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Working Paper

Using and Abusing Rates of Return: A Critique of the World Bank’s 1995 Education Sector Review

Published on 1 January 1995

The purpose of this paper is to examine how the Education Sector Review draws on rates of return to education research (RORE) to support policy recommendations within the education sector. It also questions the role of RORE analysis as an economic tool to measure the outcomes of education investments.

Publication details

published by
IDS
authors
Bennell, P.
journal
IDS Working Paper, issue 22
isbn
1 85864 053 9

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