中文摘要：

文章以重庆三峡库区为西部传统农区的典型代表，运用面板数据模型进行了教育对农村经济发展效应的实证研究，结果表明，在西部传统农区教育发展对农村生产发展和生活改善具有强烈的正向促进作用。据此，文章提出西部传统农区在大力推进社会主义新农村建设以及统筹城乡配套综合改革的过程中，必须坚持“教育先行”的发展战略，加大对农村教育的投入力度，高效整合城乡教育资源，充分释放农村教育对农村经济社会发展的能动性，为最终形成教育发展与新农村建设的良性互动循环打下坚实的基础。

英文摘要：

Taking the Chongqing Three Gorges reservoir district as the typical representative of western tradi- tional agriculture area, this essay studies influence of education on rural economy development by applying the panel data model. The result indicates that education development has positive influence on development of agricultural production and improvement of peasant＇ s living conditions. Accordingly, this essay proposes that, in the process of rural construction and coordinated and balanced development between urban and rural areas, we must persist on ＂education advance＂ strategy, improve investment to the rural education and so on.