发展中国家利用外债主要用于生产性投资、消费、弥补财政赤字和弥补国际储备不足四个方面,而绝大多数国家大多将外债投向于生产性产业。然而,各国在使用外债的过程中也不同程度地投向教育这个特殊的产业。教育虽然属于社会事业,但它却是一种特殊的生产性产业,对于一个国家科学技术进步、以及劳动生产率的提高等起着重要的作用。如此,就提出了教育利用外债的问题。教育投资的特点是:投资回收期长,间接显示投资效益。具体到使用外债上即为不具创汇能力,不具偿还能力,由政府统还的特点。这就决定了教育在使用外债时要选择长期、无息或低息债务,即选择援助性或优惠性贷款,而非商业性或出口信贷等短期、 The use of foreign debts by developing countries is mainly used for productive investment, consumption, fiscal deficit compensation and making up for insufficient international reserves. Most countries focus their foreign debts on productive industries. However, in the course of using foreign debt, all countries also devote their education to this special industry to varying degrees. Although education belongs to social undertakings, it is a special kind of productive industry and plays an important role in a country’s progress in science and technology and the improvement of labor productivity. In this way, the issue of using education for foreign debt has been raised. Education investment is characterized by: long payback period, indirect display of investment returns. Specific to the use of foreign debt is not the ability to earn foreign exchange, non-repayment ability, the government reimbursed the characteristics. This determines that education should choose long-term, interest-free or low-interest debt when using foreign debt, that is, to choose aid or concessional loans instead of short-term, commercial or export credit,