Abstract

The consequences of rapid population growth on human resource development have attracted considerable concern amongst analysts and policy makers. Theories have highlighted the adverse impact on economic growth of diverting resources from productivity-enhancing machines and factories toward education and human capital, hypothesized to have lower rates of return.1 Empirical studies have documented the potentially high costs of schooling required just to sustain educational standards. Expanding the coverage and levels of education would seem to represent a daunting task for many Third World countries.2

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