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    Our Framework Policies and Strategies: Education

    Asian Development Bank | July 2003
    Abstract
    In 1988, when the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved the education policy paper,1 it officially recognized, for the first time, basic education as a human right. It also acknowledged that investment in the sector should extend far beyond ADB’s traditional focus on technical-vocational and higher education. In the following decade, the region and ADB experienced enormous change. Education is now recognized as a prerequisite for development, both economic and human development. Basic education—especially for girls and women—is acknowledged as being closely linked to the achievement of other human development indicators such as lower infant mortality rates and reduced fertility rates. The incidence of child labor also declines with education enrollment. Investment in education is synergistic, leading to greater utilization and greater impact of investments in other areas of social infrastructure such as health, nutrition, sanitation, and the environment. An educated population is more productive and more likely to use modern methods and technologies. An educated workforce is easier to train and better able to acquire new skills and technologies required as economies develop. The question is not whether to invest in education, but how such investment can be targeted most effectively in the different context of each country to ensure maximum human, social, and economic benefits.
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    Asian Development Bank. 2003. Our Framework Policies and Strategies: Education. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/6148.
    Keywords
    Gender
    Gender Equality
    Women's Education
    Public Education
    Equity In Education
    Educational Statistics
    Gender Bias
    Gender Inequality
    Gender Policy
    Gender Discrimination
    Comparative Analysis
    Preschool education
    Basic education
    Educational policy
    Sociological Analysis
    Sex Discrimination
    Equal Opportunity
    Women's Rights
    Primary school supervision
    Discrimination in higher education
    Elementary education
    Literacy
    School environment
    Right to education
    Educational evaluation
    Gender-based analysis
    Sex dicrimination against women
    Equal rights
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