ABSTRACT
DURING the 1950S an exceptionally rapid expansion of education took place in the developing countries. The rate of growth of their public educational expenditure over that period, starting, of course, from a low base, was of the order of between two to four times the rate of growth of national income, ignoring price changes in both cases. In the early sixties, public educational expenditure continued to grow, starting on a higher base, at a rate around twice that of national income.'
