This paper reexamines the effects of education on inequality through a comprehensive meta‐
regression analysis of the extant empirical literature. We find that education affects the two …

Is it possible that excessive reliance on natural resources affects saving and investment in a
way that retards economic growth?–and thus, in the long run, the level of output per capita …

Two related measures of educational inequality are proposed: one for educational
achievement and another for educational opportunity. The former is the simple variance (or …

Based on detailed analysis of thousands of confidential World Bank documents, this book
demonstrates that the World Bank lies at the centre of the major changes in global education …

Conventionally, higher education is regarded as a public good, benefiting not only the
individuals but also the whole society by producing a wide variety of externalities or social …

This paper examines the concept of corporate governance from a historical perspective. The
paper explores how the agency theory and stewardship theory affect corporate governance …

This chapter reviews some aspects of the experience of natural-resource-rich countries
around the world since the 1960s. The discussion will emphasize five main channels …

Desde 1963 el Banco Mundial ha sido especialmente activo en apoyo al crecimiento y la
diversificación de los sistemas de educación terciaria en los países en desarrollo y en la …

Describes the focus on enabling knowledge to be freely modified, adapted, and used as an
essential tool for reaching the twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared …

Governments have provided longstanding support for higher education in the United States
and elsewhere. The original justification for such support was that higher education, like …