Abstract

GOMEZ-PINTO, Luis Ricardo. EDUCATION POLICY AS A DETERMINANT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF EDUCATION FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN AS A VARIABLE TO REDUCE MORTALITY RATES (II). Vniversitas [online]. 2014, n.129, pp.135-188. ISSN 0041-9060.  https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.VJ129.pecd.

The first part of this research, published earlier, raised the historical tension of the evolution of public policy regarding education in Colombia. The second part, now in the reader's hands, contextualizes the crisis faced by education models, as a result of the contradiction that emerges when we talk about development models and models of economic growth, as a result of this historical tension. To develop this idea, the first point of the article is based on the theory of semi-public goods, explained by Amartya Sen, in response to the economic crisis in education policy, materialized through the response of affirmative actions in education for women and children. The second point analyzes the outcomes from the investments in education policy in the world, to promote the breakdown of the existing gaps of segregation and mortality rates. The third part of the paper describes the main challenges faced by the educational project due to the prevalence of the growth model, strengthened by reforms of the XXI^st century. Finally, some general conclusions are presented.

Keywords : ight to education; liberal economy; social economy; development economy; private and public goods; economic welfare; affirmative actions; social rights; Amartya Sen.

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