Lant Pritchett on Where Did Development Economics Go Wrong?
Ideas of India
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The Most Shocking Thing About Schooling in India
A study of 14 to 18 year olds in India was shocking. The % correct of the youths 14 to 18 who were enrolled in tertiary schooling was 54%. In some sense, they don't even understand telling time in a useful way. So fins that if we could get to deep understanding of arithmetic operation, you know, not more of the and not memorizing the time tables,. This is conceptual. You need to master the concept of fel what a traction is is, or what division is doing. Because, again, you only use these techniques if you actually engage yor world back and forth in them. How can the economic profession get more land? Prichets, what have you
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