Education and Economic Development.

This article presents a study on the links of education to economic growth and development. The connection is extended from the education-employment link to economic development and change. In search of human resource development policies that could accelerate the rate of economic growth, researchers also looked at the experience of many countries both cross-sectional and over time. A sense of urgency was apparent in much of the development literature; a heavy emphasis was laced on achieving rapid rates of economic growth. Much of the research in human resource development was aimed toward policy formulation directly and, in fact, often conducted through or sponsored by governmental agencies explicitly for purposes of policy formulation in developing countries.