http://www.iadb.org/sds/doc/POV%2D106.pdf

One of the functions of the Poverty and Inequality Advisory Unit is to contribute to building knowledge in the areas of poverty reduction and the pursuit of social equity. This study develops a framework to investigate the optimal allocation of a country's fiscal resources to help equalize opportunities for human development.An example of a policy in a developing country that would be more politically feasible, as an instrument for equalizing opportunities for wage earning capacity, is the all occasion of the national education budget. The reader might remark that it would not be politically feasible to implement a policy calling for spending nine times as much public money on the education of low SES students as on high SES students. (Au)