Can you help shape our future priorities? Take a five minute survey now. Survey closes on 8 July.

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

Share

Related content

Publication

From Projects to Partnership: Transforming African Innovation Systems through Local Investment and Learning

ATIP Learning Deep Dive 1

Gameli Magnus Adzaho & 9 others

24 July 2026

Working Paper

BASIC Research Global Review: Widening Social Protection Approaches and Practice to Achieve Crisis-Resilient Social Protection

BASIC Research Working Paper 65

Rachel Slater & 2 others

8 July 2026

Working Paper

Sustaining Social Protection in Conflict Settings

BASIC Research Working Paper 64

Rachel Slater
Alexandrine Dupras
Alexandrine Dupras

8 July 2026

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.