We read a lot about how education (and education reform) will lift people out of poverty. But if poverty reduction is your objective, there are more direct ways to do it. Begin young and with basics: primary healthcare and literacy. Give people a foundation to work from: help the poorest and most marginal (which usually means rural agricultural workers). Give people an opportunity to grow, and decentralize. And be equitable, including especially support for women. This article is focused on China, but we could read into it lessons for other countries who are doing the opposite of this, and how they arelikely to fare in the future.
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