The Education Dilemma. Policy Issues for Developing Countries in the 1980s

Content: 
Other Titles of Interest, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Inside Front Cover, Page v
Dedication, Page vii
List of Tables and Figures, Pages xi-xii
Foreword, Pages xiii-xiv, Torsten Husen
Acknowledgments, Page xv
CHAPTER 1 - Introduction and Summary, Pages 1-18, JOHN SIMMONS
CHAPTER 2 - An Overview of the Policy Issues in the 1980s, Pages 19-66, JOHN SIMMONS
CHAPTER 3 - The Future of Formal Education in Developing Countries, Pages 69-76, RONALD DORE
CHAPTER 4 - Factors which Promote School Achievement in Developing Countries: A Review of the Research, Pages 77-95, JOHN SIMMONS, LEIGH ALEXANDER
CHAPTER 5 - Preschool Age Investment in Human Capital, Pages 97-111, MARCELO SELOWSKY
CHAPTER 6 - Policy Implications of Instructional Technology: Cost and Effectiveness, Pages 113-134, JOANNE LESLIE, DEAN T. JAMISON
CHAPTER 7 - The Impact of American Educational Research on Developing Countries, Pages 135-142, ERNESTO SCHIEFELBEIN
CHAPTER 8 - Common Assumptions about Education and Employment, Pages 145-152, MARK BLAUG
CHAPTER 9 - Can Education Alone Solve the Problem of Unemployment?, Pages 153-163, MARTIN CARNOY
CHAPTER 10 - Education and Employment after Independence, Pages 165-178, REMI CLIGNET
CHAPTER 11 - The Influence of Education on Migration and Fertility, Pages 179-186, MICHAEL P. TODARO
CHAPTER 12 - Investment in Education in Developing Nations: Policy Responses when Private and Social Signals Conflict, Pages 189-198, EDGAR O. EDWARDS
CHAPTER 13 - On Allocating Resources to Education, Pages 199-204, ARNOLD C. HARBERGER
CHAPTER 14 - Education, Class Conflict, and Uneven Development, Pages 205-231, SAMUEL BOWLES
CHAPTER 15 - Steps Toward Reform, Pages 235-250, JOHN SIMMONS
Notes on Contributors, Pages 251-255
Index, Pages 257-262