Despite increasingly egalitarian attitudes toward women in the Middle East and North Africa, nations in this region continue to rank among the lowest in measures of gender equality. Using survey data, we examine the relationship between educational attainment and support for women. We find that increased educational attainment is predictive of…

Rapid but incomplete educational expansion has generated serious, second-order policy problems of which this article explores two: persistent gaps in the drive for universal enrollment and provision of job-related training. It examines political issues, differential policy for boys and girls, and implications for women's education and employment.…