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‘ A LUTA CONTINUA ’ (THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES): REJOINDER TO WATKINS
Author(s) -
Tooley James
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2004.00508.x
Subject(s) - indictment , state (computer science) , political science , private education , economic growth , development economics , law and economics , public administration , economics , law , higher education , algorithm , computer science
It is unclear why Watkins ignored a fundamental point of my article: education for the poor can be financed by the state or through private means, by those who are not poor so affordability of education need not be an issue. The fact that the poor are willing to pay fees when alternative state education is free is an indictment of state education in developing countries. The poor simply cannot wait in the hope that the state might provide better education. Their needs are urgent and can be met by private schools.