首页
登录
职称英语
The relationship between formal education and economic growth in poor countr
The relationship between formal education and economic growth in poor countr
游客
2024-02-06
48
管理
问题
The relationship between formal education and economic growth in poor countries is widely misunderstood by economists and politicians alike. Progress in both area is undoubtedly necessary for the social, political and intellectual development of these and all other societies; however, the conventional view that education should be one of the very highest priorities for promoting rapid economic development in poor countries is wrong. We are fortunate that is it, because new educational systems there and putting enough people through them to improve economic performance would require two or three generations. The findings of a research institution have consistently shown that workers in all countries can be trained on the job to achieve radical higher productivity and, as a result, radically higher standards of living.
Ironically, the first evidence for this idea appeared in the United States. Not long ago, with the country entering a recessing and Japan at its pre-bubble peak, the U.S. workforce was derided as poorly educated and one primary cause of the po or U.S. economic performance. Japan was, and remains, the global leader in automotive-assembly productivity. Yet the research revealed that the U.S. factories of Honda, Nissan, and Toyota achieved about 95 percent of the productivity of their Japanese counterparts—a result of the training that U.S. workers received on the job.
What is the real relationship between education and economic development? We have to suspect that continuing economic growth promotes the development of education even when governments don’t force it. After all, that’s how education got started. When our ancestors were hunters and gatherers 10,000 years ago, they didn’t have time to wonder much about anything besides finding food. Only when humanity began to get its food in a more productive way was there time for other things.
As education improved, humanity’ s productivity potential increased as well. When the competitive environment pushed our ancestors to achieve that potential, they could in turn afford more education. This increasingly high level of education is probably a necessary, but not a sufficient, condition for the complex political systems required by advanced economic performance. Thus poor countries might not be able to escape their poverty traps without political changes that may be possible only with broader formal education. A lack of formal education, however, doesn’ t constrain the ability of the developing world’s workforce to substantially improve productivity for the foreseeable future. On the contrary, constraints on improving productivity explain why education isn’ t developing more quickly there than it is. [br] The author quotes the example of our ancestors to show that education emerged______.
选项
A、when people had enough time
B、prior to better ways of finding food
C、when people no longer went hungry
D、as a result of pressure on government
答案
C
解析
推断题。短文第三段最后一句指出Only when humanity began to get itsfood in a more productive way was there time for other thing.即当人类能够更高效地获取食物时,才有时间做其他的事情。由此可判断出,只有人们不会挨饿了才会有能力去发展教育。故答案为C。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3425977.html
相关试题推荐
Inmanycountries,authorityisseldomquestioned,eitherbecauseitishigh
Inmanycountries,authorityisseldomquestioned,eitherbecauseitishigh
Inmanycountries,authorityisseldomquestioned,eitherbecauseitishigh
Inmanycountries,authorityisseldomquestioned,eitherbecauseitishigh
Inmanycountries,authorityisseldomquestioned,eitherbecauseitishigh
U.S.EducationSecretaryArneDuncanappealedFridayforanewgenerationof
Womenstillhaveanuneasyrelationshipwithpowerandthetraitsnecessary
Womenstillhaveanuneasyrelationshipwithpowerandthetraitsnecessary
Womenstillhaveanuneasyrelationshipwithpowerandthetraitsnecessary
Womenstillhaveanuneasyrelationshipwithpowerandthetraitsnecessary
随机试题
DirectionsforQuantitativeComparisonQuestions:Someofthefollowingquest
SQUALID:A、immaculateB、irrelevantC、ornateD、plentifulE、tepidA
固定资产投资经济效益是指固资产投资活动中投入与利润之间的比率。( )
原发性与继发性三叉神经痛的鉴别主要依据是A、疼痛时间的长短 B、疼痛发作的频
下列各期,流行性出血热患者可出现“三痛”症状的是A.发热期 B.低血压期 C
该患者最易发生的并发症是A、骨筋膜室综合征 B、股骨头缺血性坏死 C、慢性骨
下列关于铅的说法错误的是:A.铅笔芯的主要成分是铅 B.香烟中是含铅的 C.
过程控制费用是构成预防成本的费用之一,它不包括()。 A.为质量控制和
薪酬调查的结果可以为()提供参考依据。A:整体薪酬水平的调整 B:具体岗位薪酬
储存的民用爆炸物品数量不得超过储存设计容量,对性质( )的民用爆炸物品必须分库
最新回复
(
0
)