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Education: fundamental human right or strategic tool in support of economic growth? How does commodity-dependence influence education policy and practice? What is the role of vocational training vis-a-vis university education in developing countries? Are MOOCs and Chinese cooperation a game changer for higher education in Africa? And how does student migration sit vis-a-vis the globalisation of knowledge? These and other questions lie at the heart of this collection of essays which explore 50 years of international discourse surrounding education and development. Drawing on examples from Africa, Asia and Latin America, the articles examine issues hitherto largely neglected, but of increasing relevance to researchers and policymakers.

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The contents are: Part 1: Education policies and development: issues in the debate - International education and development: histories, parallels, crossroads / Gilles Carbonnier, Michel Carton and Kenneth King (pages 3-26); International education policies, issues, and challenges / Nicholas Burnett (pages 27-36); International investment in education for development: public good or economic tool? / Alexandra Draxler (pages 37-56). Part 2: Shaping training and lifelong learning - Tertiary technical education and youth integration in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico / Claudia Jacinto and Ana Garcia de Fanelli (pages 59-80); Why commodity booms have not (yet?) boosted human capital: Bolivia's struggle to create a skilled workforce / Fritz Brugger and Kathlen Lizarraga Zamora (pages 81-101); Lifelong learning in a learning society: are community learning centres the vehicle? / Manzoor Ahmed (pages 102-125); Exploring the value of the capability approach for vocational education and training evaluation: reflections from South Africa / Lesley Powell and Simon McGrath (pages 126-148). Part 3: China, migration, MOOCs: what's in it for higher education in Africa? - China's higher education engagement with Africa: a different partnership and cooperation model? / Kenneth King (pages 151-173); Western African student migration: a response to the globalisation of knowledge / Denise Efionayi and Etienne Piguet (pages 174-194); Boosting higher education in Africa through shared massive open online courses (MOOCs) / Gerard Escher, Dimitrios Noukakis and Patrick Aebischer (pages 195-214). Show less

The Working Group for International Cooperation in Skills Development, launched in 1996, is an informal group of donor agencies and international organisations involved in providing assistance in vocational and technical skills development. The Edinburgh Meeting of the Working Group was held at the invitation of the World Bank to review the draft of its synthesis report, 'Vocational skills development in Sub-Saharan Africa: a World Bank Review' (the final synthesis report is indexed at TD/IRD 88.275). Three specific aims were proposed by the World Bank for this meeting: (1) to share the individual and collective experiences of agencies interested in skills development; (2) to shape the messages of the paper; and (3) to consider how the World Bank can work most effectively with the various partners present towards skills development in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper documents the discussions which took place and the critique offered by those who commented on the World Bank's synthesis report. It contains: Introduction / Martha Caddell and Keith Holmes; Assessing the synthesis report: the response of the Working Group / Martha Caddell and Keith Holmes; Public training / David Atchoarena; Private training / David Atchoarena; Enterprise-base training in formal sector medium and large-scale African enterprises / John Grierson; Informal sector training / Fred Fluitman and Hans Haan; Vocationalized secondary education revisited with case studies from Botswana, Uganda and Kenya / Jon Lauglo, Albert K. Akyeampong, Kilemi Mwiria and Sheldon G. Weeks; Integrated entrepreneurship education in Botswana, Uganda and Kenya / Halfdan Farstad; Financing training / Adrian Ziderman; Commentary: a broad view of the paper / Claudio Moura Castro. Included as appendices are: Vocational skills development in Sub-Saharan Africa: a World Bank review - executive summary; Principle sources; List of participants. Show less