Bangladesh spends only 2 percent of its GNP on education, compared to 3.2 percent in an average low-income country. Low … investment in education results in low literacy (only 35 percent), which in turn results in low productivity, low incomes, poor … education sector in recent years, with the help of the World Bank and other donor agencies. This paper assesses whether these …

Education has emerged as an essential component of the transition to a market economy in Central and Eastern Europe …. Although the countries of the region inherited broadly accessible education systems, the legacies of central planning have … of education in nine Central and East European countries by drawing on the findings of a World Bank project that examined …