Investing in People: The Economics of Population QualityUniversity of California Press, 1. 1. 1982 - Počet stran: 173 Argues that healthy, educated people are the world's most important resource and that the world's poor have not been adequately helped by foreign aid because of the misunderstandings of donor governments |
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The Economics of Being Poor | 3 |
Investment in Population Quality | 18 |
Achievements in Higher Education | 40 |
The Economics of the Value of Human | 59 |
Distortions of Schooling in Large Cities | 87 |
Distortions of Research | 100 |
Distortions by the International Donor | 122 |
Interpretations and Implications | 139 |
TABLES AC | 145 |
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