Comparative resource allocations to human resource development in Asia, Europe, and Latin America

P. T. Knight and S. S. Wasty

No 811, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: This study compiles statistics for selected Latin American countries and two reference groupsof countries in East Asia and northern and southern Europe. The authors emphasize the need to increase attention to and expenditure on education and health systems in many developing countries, especially in Latin America, to improve the coverage and quality of the services they provide. This paper notes that wider access to secondary education and greater emphasis on the quality of higher education tends to be a distinguishing feature of the better performers (East Asian and northern and southern European countries). Much of East Asia's success can be attributed to the region's consistent efforts to improve technical and higher education, particularly in research and development and in engineering and other technical applications. Specialized technical human resources take time to develop. No country today can afford not to provide enough financial resources to develop critical human resources.

Keywords: Primary Education; Health Monitoring&Evaluation; Gender and Education; Curriculum&Instruction; Teaching and Learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1991-12-31
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