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A detailed look at the rural education problems of Brazil, presenting the results of an eight-year study of academic achievement, student performance, and education costs in rural northeastern Brazil. Some of the aspects investigated were whether students automatically perform better when more school resources are provided, selected school investment, and cost-saving guidelines. Published for the World Bank. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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Education policy of developing nations is often viewed as a choice between equal access for all students and quality of schools. This work proposes that such a dichotomy may be artificial. The research shows that improving the quality of education could lead to efficiency gains, sometimeslarge enough to offset the costs of such innovations. Using data collected over seven years in rural northeast Brazil, this quantitative assessment of educational performance and school promotion in primary schools uniquely addresses important policy concerns facing developing countries.
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