higher education
- Higher education and inequality in China
- X. Wang; B.M. Fleisher; H. Li / Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn, 2007
- Is the rising inequality in China associated with variable access to educational opportunities? This paper models the effects on the evolution of private returns to schooling for college graduates during China’s reform betw...
- A review of university cooperation between Norway and Tibet
- J. Lexow; J. Enwall / Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2007
- This paper presents the findings of a review of a research and scholarship programme financed by NORAD through the Network of University Cooperation Tibet-Norway (NTN). The programme aims to: generate new insight i...
- Impacts of public sector and private sector education provision on the labour markets
- S. Calónico; H. Ñopo / Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn, 2007
- The private provision of educational services at tertiary, secondary and primary levels has been expanding in Latin America in recent decades. The low quality of public provision of education is given as the main reason for the expans...
- How to reach the MDGs on education for all and rural development
- A. Breccia; E. Hermanowicz / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007
- Although a lot has to be done to reach the Millennium Development Goals on education for all (EFA) and rural development, the authors argue that they are still achievable. However, strong partnerships between stakeholders have to deve...
- Higher education drives development in Uganda
- M. Obwona; S. Ssewanyana / Economic Policy Research Centre, Uganda, 2007
- Recent evidence suggests higher education is both a result and determinant of income. This report examines the impact of higher education in Uganda’s development process and identifies ways to enhance its impact. Emp...
- Students with limited English proficiency in the United States – who are they?
- J. Batalova,; M. Fix,; J. Murray, / Migration Policy Institute, 2007
- Who are immigrant students and students who do not speak English well? Where are they from? What is their family background (social, economic, linguistic, etc.)? How well do they do in school? Are they developing the literacy needed t...
- Skills of South African workers do not match the labour market demands
- R. Dias; D. Posel / Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2007
- The supply of skilled labour in South Africa cannot meet labour demands. This paper investigates the relationship between education and unemployment in post-apartheid South Africa, and examines whether employment growth has been inhib...
- Strategies to improve quality and enhance access for disadvantaged students in Thailand
- L. Benveniste / World Bank, 2007
- This Social Monitor report assesses the current situation in Thailand with regard to secondary education, and concludes that progress to date has been good: government efforts to expand secondary education in Thailand have produced dr...
- Higher education by distance in developed and developing countries
- S. D’Antoni / International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2006
- This report illuminates some of the policy, planning and management issues faced by universities that use distance education technologies to deliver their programmes and courses to national and international students. Commencing with ...
- Strengthening secondary education systems in Latin America and East Asia
- E. di Gropello / World Bank, 2006
- While policy makers in many countries have shown an increasing interest in expanding and strengthening their secondary education systems, many challenges remain. In view of these difficulties, this World Bank report draws on experienc...
- Higher education drives development in Uganda
- M. Obwona; S. Ssewanyana / Economic Policy Research Centre, Uganda, 2007
- Recent evidence suggests higher education is both a result and determinant of income. This report examines the impact of higher education in Uganda’s development process and identifies ways to enhance its impact. Emp...
- Students with limited English proficiency in the United States – who are they?
- J. Batalova,; M. Fix,; J. Murray, / Migration Policy Institute, 2007
- Who are immigrant students and students who do not speak English well? Where are they from? What is their family background (social, economic, linguistic, etc.)? How well do they do in school? Are they developing the literacy needed t...
- Skills of South African workers do not match the labour market demands
- R. Dias; D. Posel / Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2007
- The supply of skilled labour in South Africa cannot meet labour demands. This paper investigates the relationship between education and unemployment in post-apartheid South Africa, and examines whether employment growth has been inhib...
- Strategies to improve quality and enhance access for disadvantaged students in Thailand
- L. Benveniste / World Bank, 2007
- This Social Monitor report assesses the current situation in Thailand with regard to secondary education, and concludes that progress to date has been good: government efforts to expand secondary education in Thailand have produced dr...
- Higher education by distance in developed and developing countries
- S. D’Antoni / International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2006
- This report illuminates some of the policy, planning and management issues faced by universities that use distance education technologies to deliver their programmes and courses to national and international students. Commencing with ...
- Strengthening secondary education systems in Latin America and East Asia
- E. di Gropello / World Bank, 2006
- While policy makers in many countries have shown an increasing interest in expanding and strengthening their secondary education systems, many challenges remain. In view of these difficulties, this World Bank report draws on experienc...
- Expanding tertiary education would lift growth in Africa
- D. Bloom; D. Canning; K. Chan / World Bank, 2006
- This study suggests that, as a result of limited provision of higher education that constrain take-up of technology, production in Sub-Saharan Africa is around 23% lower than its potential levels of output. The paper undertakes...
- Skills development to address poverty must consider the needs of rural communities
- S. McGrath / Network for Policy Review Research and Advice on Education and Training, 2005
- With seventy percent of the world’s poor living in rural areas, it is essential that poverty strategies consider the issue of skills development in rural areas. This collection of papers from the 2005 meeting of the Working Group...
- Improving TVET in the Middle East and North Africa
- World Bank, 2005
- Having successfully expanded school coverage to unprecedented levels, countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are turning their attention to improving the quality of learning opportunities for their citizens.The role of T...
- International standards for policy on technical and vocational education and training
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2002
- This publication presents two major international organisations’ policy statements on technical and vocational education and training (TVET): the Revised Recommendation concerning Technical and Vocational Education, adopted by th...
- UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (UNESCO-IHE)
- UNESCO-IHE is an international institute for water education.
- The Partnership for Higher Education in Africa
- Partnership to coordinate support for higher education in Africa
- African Higher Education Research Online (AHERO)
- AHERO, administered by the Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE) at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, is an open access archive of texts that focus on the study, practice and governance of higher education in Africa. The collection includes research reports, journal articles, conference papers, book chapters, working papers, booklets, and policy documents. All...
- Bunda College of Agriculture
Provides training in food production, food security, conservation and natural resource management
