Matakuliah
Tahun
: <<EKONOMI PEMBANGUNAN>>
: <<2009>>
Education and Development
Pertemuan 5
Education is fundamental to enhancing the quality
of human life and ensuring social and economic
progress
(United Nations, Report on the World Social Situation, 1997)
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Material Outline
• Education in Developing Region
• The Economics of Education and Employment
• Education, Society, and Development Issues
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Education in Developing Regions
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Public educational expenditure
Enrollments
Literacy
Costs and Earnings
The gender gap: Women and education
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The Economics of Education and
Employment
• Educational supply and Demand: The relationship
between employment opportunities and
educational demands
• Social versus private benefits and costs
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Specific Economic Components of The
Development Questions
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Education and Economic Growth
Education, inequality, and poverty
Population and fertility
Education and rural development
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Major Educational Policy Options
1. Policies largely external to educational systems
a) Adjusting unbalances, signals, and incentives
b) Modifying job rationing by educational
certification
c) Curbing and brain drain
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Major Educational Policy Options
2. Policies Internal to Educational Systems
a) Educational budgets
b) Subsidies
c) Primary school Curricula in Relation to rural
needs
d) Quotas
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