It’s often been said that investing in education is one of the most effective ways for a country to develop economically, but exactly how does that happen in practice?
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Lots of countries are doing this, along the lines of u/Discoveryyellow’s comment.
For any of it to work, it takes a government that is committed to education, and knows that the people want it. Then policies (based on evidence from similar countries) and budgets that make possible the changes needed. Then pilot projects to work out how to implement the policies in the context (including how to record data on how many kids are in school and learning).
Pilots are usually followed by initiatives to spread those changes across the country. These initiatives often involve instructions and money being sent to local governments and schools.
There will be some aid projects which fund the pilots, and other aid grants or loans which go into the government budget for the large scale stuff. To qualify for this aid, government also has to allocate more of its own funding to education.
Where corruption or war makes putting money into government accounts a bad idea, separate aid projects will control the money, directly training teachers etc.
If you want more details try Googling the Education For All journeys of Kenya and Tanzania, a while back. Or Sierra Leone, which is currently making good progress expanding education. Sustainable Development Goal 4 is the framework the donors and aid recipient countries are using at the moment to guide resources and collaboration.
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