ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the features of educational development in poorer countries. National goals for education formally stated in plans in the 1950s and 1960s frequently stress the importance of educational development to satisfy manpower needs in the modern sector. Public expenditure on education in many industrialised countries has been under pressure in the 1980s. This is important since changes in policy in the North have often foreshadowed policy shifts in developing countries in the past. The combination of changes in ability willingness and external support available suggests that resources for educational development in most countries are unlikely to grow at the rate which accompanied the rapid growth of systems characteristic of the 1960s and early 1970s. Planners and politicians should be encouraged not to lose sight of the differences between training for specific jobs and educational provision that can have a substantial impact on a much broader range of goals.
