CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Realign Education Systems with Market Economies and Open Societies -- 2. Combat Poverty by Increasing Educational Fairness -- 3. Finance for Sustainability, Quality, and Fairness -- 4. Spend Resources More Efficiently -- 5. Reinvent Governance, Management, and Accountability -- 6. The Role of the World Bank -- Annex Tables -- A1. Total Population -- A2. School Age Population -- A3. Total Fertility Rate -- A4. Demographic Projections by Region -- A5. Preschool Enrollment Rates -- A6. Basic Education Enrollment Rates -- A7. General Upper Secondary Enrollment Rates -- A8. Vocational/Technical Upper Secondary Enrollment Rates -- A9. Overall Upper Secondary Enrollment Rates -- A10. Share of Students in Upper Secondary Education -- A11. Tertiary Enrollment Rates -- A12. Share of University Enrollments by Field of Study, Selected ECA Countries -- A13. Unemployment by Educational Level, Selected ECA Countries -- A14. Share of Registered Unemployed by Educational Level, Selected ECA Countries -- A15. Total Public Expenditures on Education -- A16. Student/Teacher Ratios in Basic Education -- A17. Wages in Education in Selected ECA Countries -- References -- Glossary.