Iqbal, FarrukhKiendrebeogo, Youssouf2014-12-032014-12-032014-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20609This paper reviews the experience of the Middle East and North Africa region in education attainment over the past four decades (1970-2010). It documents the following main findings: (a) all countries in the region experienced significant improvements in educational attainment over this period; (b) most countries in the region did better in this regard than comparators that had roughly the same education stocks in 1970; (c) collectively, the region achieved a greater percentage increase in education than other regions; (d) the region's better performance was in part because of higher rates of public spending on education, better food sufficiency status, and a lower initial stock of education in 1970 in comparison with most other developing country regions; and (e) the region had among the lowest payoffs to public spending in terms of increments in education stock; the impressive advance in education was achieved at high cost.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO FOODACHIEVEMENTADULTSAIDAVERAGE LEVEL OF EDUCATIONCHILDREN OF SCHOOL-GOING AGECOSTS OF EDUCATIONDEMAND FOR EDUCATIONECONOMICS OF EDUCATIONEDUCATION ATTAINMENTEDUCATION LEVELSEDUCATION OUTCOMESEDUCATION QUALITYEDUCATION SERVICESEDUCATION SPENDINGEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESENROLLMENT RATEENROLLMENT RATESFORMAL SCHOOLINGGROSS ENROLLMENTGROSS ENROLLMENT RATESHEALTH CAREHIGH SCHOOLHIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATIONJOBSLEARNINGLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLOW LEVELS OF EDUCATIONNUMBER OF SCHOOLSPAPERSPROVISION OF EDUCATIONQUALITY OF EDUCATIONSCHOOL ENROLLMENTSCHOOL EXPANSIONSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTSTEACHERSTRANSPORTATIONUNDERACHIEVERS10.1596/1813-9450-7127