The cost of not educating the world's poor the new economics of learning - Ilon, Lynn. (Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2015)
1a. Introduction -- 1b. Introduction to the theories -- 2a. Development --2b. Shifting views on development -- 3a. The value of an education -- 3b. Human capital theory -- 4a. Education and development -- 4b. The knowledge economy -- 5a. Learning goes global -- 5b. Networked learning -- 6a. Becoming creative -- 6b. From global production to digitization -- 7a. The value of knowledge -- 7b. The economics of knowledge -- 8a. The power of ideas -- 8b. New growth theory -- 9a. The social value of learning -- 9b. Social economics of learning -- 10a. Learning together -- 10b. New learning structures -- 11a. Social well-being -- 11b. Changing views on social welfare economics -- 12. Mis-education -- 13. Education in a new age -- 14. The cost of not educating.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Education and globalization; Education -- Aims and objectives; Education -- Economic aspects; Education -- Social aspects; Educational planning; Human capital