The yawning gap in education within developing countries
Global public spending on education rose from a median 4.5% of GDP in 1999 to 4.9% in 2006, according to a new report by UNESCO, the UN's education agency. Full Story »
Posted by Derek HawkinsReview
This chart showing "School Years" -- from the Economist's "Daily chart" section -- is easy to read and designed in a clear and compelling way. To simply show information from a new UNESCO report, it is effective. However, there is little context here, which is much needed to make the chart more meaningful. The writer includes a couple of conclusions drawn from the chart's stats, but experts and/or other sources need to be brought in to give more insight into what these numbers could mean.
