Download or read book The Dividends of Learning written by World Bank. Population and Human Resources Department and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Education gives people the opportunity to become more productive, escape poverty, and improve the quality of their lives. For more than two decades the World Bank has supported the efforts of developing countries to expand and improve education at all levels. This document discusses World Bank efforts in support of education in developing countries as the 1990s begin. Figures on lending for education, as well as Bank support for educational policy and analysis and research are included. Strategies for educational development are presented for several different education levels and representative efforts at each level in individual countries are discussed. A number of figures appear in the booklet, and an appendix detailing World Bank education projects being implemented is 1990 in included. (DB)