however, the conventional view that education should be one of the very highest priorities for promoting rapid economic development in poor countries is wrong.
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①The relationship between formal education and economic growth in poor countries is widely misunderstood by economists and politicians alike.
?、赑rogress in both area is undoubtedly necessary for the social, political and intellectual development of these and all other societies;
③however, the conventional view that education should be one of the very highest priorities for promoting rapid economic development in poor countries is wrong.
?、躓e are fortunate that is it, because building new educational systems there and putting enough people through them to improve economic performance would require two or three generations.
?、軹he findings of a research institution have consistently shown that workers in all countries can be trained on the job to achieve radically higher productivity and, as a result, radically higher standards of living.
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?、儇毨抑姓?guī)教育與經(jīng)濟發(fā)展之間的關系被經(jīng)濟學家和政客們廣泛的誤解了。
②毫無疑問,這兩個領域的進步對這些國家和所有其他國家的社會、政治和才智的發(fā)展都必不可少;
?、廴欢瑐鹘y(tǒng)認為為了促進貧困國家的經(jīng)濟快速發(fā)展,教育應該放在最 優(yōu)先的地位之一的觀點是錯誤的。
④幸運的是,這一觀點是錯誤的。因為在那些國家建立新的教育體系,讓足夠多的人接受教育以改善經(jīng)濟狀況要用上兩至三代人的時間。
?、菀粋€研究機構的研究成果同樣表明所有國家的工人都可以通過在崗培訓的方式實現(xiàn)相當高的生產(chǎn)率,因此,也就獲得了生活水平的根本改善。