USAID Education, Development, And Foreign Aid Grant
Of late it has become progressively more apparent that education is a key factor and aspect in the development of a country. Foreign aid in particular is an aspect that has come to be long-standing and existing since the Second World War and in the present day is a normal part and parcel of social as well as political associations and affiliations amongst different nations. There has been plenty of consideration and debate surrounding the effectiveness of the foreign aid and also its need. There has also been much debate and consideration regarding the terms laid out, the conditions that the foreign aid comes along with and also the purposes (Heyneman, 2005). Much of the foreign aid handed out in modern-days has been for both primary and secondary educational programs with the main purpose and aim of increasing economic growth and also the income levels of a nation.
This research paper will be centered on the hypothesis that more education levels which are measured in both primary education and also secondary education implies that there will be higher income levels for a country. The income levels will be measured in the GNP per capita data for different nations. The data came from the World Bank's World Development Indicators 2000. The World Bank was selected as a source for data for the reason that it is an international organization that has a proper repute and status.
So as to assess and evaluate the impact of increased levels of education on the income levels for a nation, I picked out data for both country and consolidated data for GNP per capita in terms of billions of dollars for the year 1998. I also selected data for education for the year 1997. This was with regards to Net Primary enrollment in terms of the percentage of the relevant age group and also the Net Secondary enrollment in terms of the percentage of the relevant age group. The data collected with regards to GNP per capita and also the rates of educational enrollment for both secondary and primary levels were done in four different income brackets. These are Low Income brackets excluding India and China due to the high population numbers as this would interfere with the data, Lower Middle Income brackets, Upper Middle Income brackets and also the High Income brackets for both the years 1997 and 1998.
This paper makes considerable effort to make comparisons of four relationships. These are the per capita income levels using the primary enrollment figures, the per capita income levels using the secondary enrollment figures, the per capita GNP and the primary enrollment figures by country and lastly the per capita GNP and the secondary enrollment figures by country. In order to examine and evaluate these four relationships, the corresponding data for each of the relationships was plotted into four different graphs.
Data Presentation
Figure One
Source: World Development Indicators 2000.
Figure Two
Source: World Development Indicators 2000.
Figure Three
Source: World Development Indicators 2000.
Figure Four
Source: World Development Indicators 2000.
Analysis
In figure one, the steepest gradient in the line for the GNP per capita takes place between the Upper Middle Income bracket and the High Income bracket at the point when the GNP per capita shifts from $4,870 billion to $25,480 billion. On the other hand, the % Primary Enrollment line increases gradually and all the progressively more with the sharpest spike of the line taking place between the Low Income bracket and the Lower Middle Income bracket rising from seventy eight percent to ninety three percent. The rate also increases gradually but at a lower rate from 93% to a rate of 105% from the Lower Middle Income bracket to the Upper Middle income. However, as the line moves on to the High Income bracket, there is a decrease in the rate as it declines from 105% to 101%. Irrespective of the Income Level, the % of the Primary Enrollment appears to be quite high in the Low Income, Lower Middle Income and Upper Middle Income brackets with the rate only declining in the last phase of the line but at the same time maintaining the rate past the one hundred percent mark at the High Income bracket. In as much as both the GNP per capita and % primary enrollment trends go upwards, the rate...
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