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Research paper thumbnail of The Social Composition of Skill Acquisition and Its Labour Market Outcomes in Ghana

Research paper thumbnail of The incremental costs of global environmental benefits

Papers, 1994

No abstract is available for this item. ... To our knowledge, this item is not available for down... more No abstract is available for this item. ... To our knowledge, this item is not available for download. To find whether it is available, there are three options: 1. Check below under "Related research" whether another version of this item is available online. 2. Check on the ...

Research paper thumbnail of Africa's Young Majority: Victims, Meanings, Actors

Research paper thumbnail of NETWORK FOR POLICY RESEARCH REVIEW AND ADVICE ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING Youth, Skills Development and Work in the GMR 2012: A Research Agenda YOUTH, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND WORK IN THE GMR 2012: A RESEARCH AGENDA

Research paper thumbnail of New Challenges to International Development Cooperation in Education

Journal of international cooperation in education, 1998

An analysis of changes in international development cooperation in education is inseparable from ... more An analysis of changes in international development cooperation in education is inseparable from the more general changes in development assistance that have been becoming evident in the mid to late 1990s. The purpose of this article is to underline just how significant some of these tendencies may potentially be, and how they have the possibility to alter out of all recognition the shape of the aided educational universe as it is presently known. On the other hand, it seems entirely possible that some of these new trends may remain more at the level of rhetoric rather than implementation, with the result that the older patterns of relationship between donor and recipient will continue. The article sets out some of the main elements of potential change in international cooperation, looking first at these in the North, and then at their implications for the South. The sources of these changes are not to be found in a single text on cooperation, or in the proposals of a single agency....

Research paper thumbnail of South-South Cooperation in the Internationalisation of African Higher Education : The Case of China 1

Set within the discourse of South-South Cooperation, the article seeks to disentangle some of the... more Set within the discourse of South-South Cooperation, the article seeks to disentangle some of the essential history of university partnerships, before looking in more detail at the kind of partnerships associated with China’s involvement with African universities. In reviewing China-Africa university partnerships, it pays attention to some of the history of this modality, as well as looking briefly at two more recent manifestations, the Confucius Institute partnerships between China and Africa and the 20+20 partnership between twenty African institutions of higher education and twenty counterparts in Mainland China.

Research paper thumbnail of Eight proposals for a strengthened focus on technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in the Education for All (EFA) agenda

UNESCO’s 2012 Global Monitoring Report [GMR], the annual report that assesses progress toward the... more UNESCO’s 2012 Global Monitoring Report [GMR], the annual report that assesses progress toward the six goals of Education for All established at the World Education Forum in Dakar in 2000, will focus for the first time in 2012 on the topic of skills development in overcoming social disadvantage. It goes beyond skills acquired in formal education to examine the impact and lessons from other sources of skills that prepare youth and adults for the world of work ranging from informal learning on the job, apprenticeship and enterprise-based training, to learning off the job in government and non-governmental training institutions. In this paper, the author presents eight proposals derived from several bodies of work on skills development which have been completed in the last three years. These proposals seek to avoid merely summarizing this work, but to extract from it, for this discussion on skills development, some new ways of thinking about the topic, some priority areas and neglected ...

Research paper thumbnail of A Safari Towards Aid Effectiveness? A Critical Look at the Paris Declaration & the Accra Agenda for Action as Part of the New Aid Reform Architecture

Research paper thumbnail of A Technical and Vocational Education and Training Strategy for UNESCO. A Background Paper

This outline review of issues for the UNESCO TVET strategy covers the crucial normative dimension... more This outline review of issues for the UNESCO TVET strategy covers the crucial normative dimension of skills, capacities and qualifications; the role of new upstream policy analytic work on skills development; the concerns with capacity, critical mass and a skills development community of practice; the statistical challenge of skills development data; and the relation of these suggestions to the current draft of UNESCO’s Programme and Budget for 2010-2011.

Research paper thumbnail of China–Africa Education Cooperation: From FOCAC to Belt and Road

ECNU Review of Education, 2019

Purpose: The article discusses the relationship between the human resource traditions of the Foru... more Purpose: The article discusses the relationship between the human resource traditions of the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and those supported by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and in particular by the Education Action Plan for the Belt and Road Initiative, issued by the Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE) in 2016. Design/Approach/Methods: The article draws upon discourse analysis of both the FOCAC VI and VII documents and the key MOE 2016 Action Plan. Findings: Given the trans-continental coverage of the BRI, it is suggested that its ambitious pledges in respect of education and human resource development (HRD) actually complement or even exceed the commitments made by FOCAC VI and VII. Originality/Value: This is the first article explicitly to compare the HRD pledges of FOCAC with those associated with BRI’s Education Action Plan.

Research paper thumbnail of Education, digital literacy and democracy: the case of Britain’s proposed ‘exit’ from the European Union (Brexit)

Asia Pacific Education Review, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of The global targeting of education and skill: policy history and comparative perspectives

Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Development Assistance for Education Post-20151

Journal of International and Comparative Education, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of China's Aid and Soft Power in Africa: The Case of Education and Training. KENNETH KING. Woodbridge, UK and Rochester, NY: James Currey, 2013. xvii + 238 pp. £19.99. ISBN 978-184701-065-0

The China Quarterly, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Multilateral agencies in the construction of the global agenda on education

Comparative Education, 2007

Research paper thumbnail of NETWORK FOR INTERNATIONAL POLICIES AND COOPERATION IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING What is NORRAG? Education and Development in the Post-2015 Landscapes

Since its launch in 1985, NORRAG has established itself as a broad-based multi-constituency netwo... more Since its launch in 1985, NORRAG has established itself as a broad-based multi-constituency network of researchers, policymakers, NGOs and consultants that aims to intermediate between research and policy, offering and producing neutral knowledge and critical analysis of complex international education issues. Its main objectives are:  Collection, critical analysis, and synthesis of research  Dissemination of just-in-time information and knowledge  Advocacy of critical analysis to governments, NGOs and other organizations  Cooperation with other groups, particularly in the Global South, in order to share information, carry out joint programmes, join efforts in advocacy and strengthen networks NORRAG's current programme focuses on the following themes:  Education and TVSD in the post-2015 and beyond Agenda  Technical and vocational skills development policies  Knowledge production, research, data, results and evidence for policy making  Education and training in contexts ...

Research paper thumbnail of Indo-African Skill Transfer in an East African Economy

African Affairs, 1975

... Kenneth King taught in the Department of History in Nairobi University from 1968 to 1971, and... more ... Kenneth King taught in the Department of History in Nairobi University from 1968 to 1971, and is now attached to the Centre of African Studies ... He is the author of Pan-Africanism and Education, and has edited the Autobiography of Harry Thuku and Kenya Historical Biographies. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Relevance of the Mwalimu's (Julius Nyerere) Vision of Education in a Globalising World

Research paper thumbnail of Literacy Research in Developing Countries. Final Report

Research paper thumbnail of Jua kali Kenya: change & development in an informal economy, 1970-95

Choice Reviews Online, 1997

... As last time in the early l970s, I owe a particular debt of gratitude to Andrew Gachangiu, Ja... more ... As last time in the early l970s, I owe a particular debt of gratitude to Andrew Gachangiu, James Giathi, Gacuiri Kagotho, Kimotho, and Mutang ... zero-grazer' with its heavy flywheel and its blades for cutting maize stalks and napier grass into very short pieces, in Peter Kagotho 's ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Social Composition of Skill Acquisition and Its Labour Market Outcomes in Ghana

Research paper thumbnail of The incremental costs of global environmental benefits

Papers, 1994

No abstract is available for this item. ... To our knowledge, this item is not available for down... more No abstract is available for this item. ... To our knowledge, this item is not available for download. To find whether it is available, there are three options: 1. Check below under "Related research" whether another version of this item is available online. 2. Check on the ...

Research paper thumbnail of Africa's Young Majority: Victims, Meanings, Actors

Research paper thumbnail of NETWORK FOR POLICY RESEARCH REVIEW AND ADVICE ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING Youth, Skills Development and Work in the GMR 2012: A Research Agenda YOUTH, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND WORK IN THE GMR 2012: A RESEARCH AGENDA

Research paper thumbnail of New Challenges to International Development Cooperation in Education

Journal of international cooperation in education, 1998

An analysis of changes in international development cooperation in education is inseparable from ... more An analysis of changes in international development cooperation in education is inseparable from the more general changes in development assistance that have been becoming evident in the mid to late 1990s. The purpose of this article is to underline just how significant some of these tendencies may potentially be, and how they have the possibility to alter out of all recognition the shape of the aided educational universe as it is presently known. On the other hand, it seems entirely possible that some of these new trends may remain more at the level of rhetoric rather than implementation, with the result that the older patterns of relationship between donor and recipient will continue. The article sets out some of the main elements of potential change in international cooperation, looking first at these in the North, and then at their implications for the South. The sources of these changes are not to be found in a single text on cooperation, or in the proposals of a single agency....

Research paper thumbnail of South-South Cooperation in the Internationalisation of African Higher Education : The Case of China 1

Set within the discourse of South-South Cooperation, the article seeks to disentangle some of the... more Set within the discourse of South-South Cooperation, the article seeks to disentangle some of the essential history of university partnerships, before looking in more detail at the kind of partnerships associated with China’s involvement with African universities. In reviewing China-Africa university partnerships, it pays attention to some of the history of this modality, as well as looking briefly at two more recent manifestations, the Confucius Institute partnerships between China and Africa and the 20+20 partnership between twenty African institutions of higher education and twenty counterparts in Mainland China.

Research paper thumbnail of Eight proposals for a strengthened focus on technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in the Education for All (EFA) agenda

UNESCO’s 2012 Global Monitoring Report [GMR], the annual report that assesses progress toward the... more UNESCO’s 2012 Global Monitoring Report [GMR], the annual report that assesses progress toward the six goals of Education for All established at the World Education Forum in Dakar in 2000, will focus for the first time in 2012 on the topic of skills development in overcoming social disadvantage. It goes beyond skills acquired in formal education to examine the impact and lessons from other sources of skills that prepare youth and adults for the world of work ranging from informal learning on the job, apprenticeship and enterprise-based training, to learning off the job in government and non-governmental training institutions. In this paper, the author presents eight proposals derived from several bodies of work on skills development which have been completed in the last three years. These proposals seek to avoid merely summarizing this work, but to extract from it, for this discussion on skills development, some new ways of thinking about the topic, some priority areas and neglected ...

Research paper thumbnail of A Safari Towards Aid Effectiveness? A Critical Look at the Paris Declaration & the Accra Agenda for Action as Part of the New Aid Reform Architecture

Research paper thumbnail of A Technical and Vocational Education and Training Strategy for UNESCO. A Background Paper

This outline review of issues for the UNESCO TVET strategy covers the crucial normative dimension... more This outline review of issues for the UNESCO TVET strategy covers the crucial normative dimension of skills, capacities and qualifications; the role of new upstream policy analytic work on skills development; the concerns with capacity, critical mass and a skills development community of practice; the statistical challenge of skills development data; and the relation of these suggestions to the current draft of UNESCO’s Programme and Budget for 2010-2011.

Research paper thumbnail of China–Africa Education Cooperation: From FOCAC to Belt and Road

ECNU Review of Education, 2019

Purpose: The article discusses the relationship between the human resource traditions of the Foru... more Purpose: The article discusses the relationship between the human resource traditions of the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and those supported by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and in particular by the Education Action Plan for the Belt and Road Initiative, issued by the Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE) in 2016. Design/Approach/Methods: The article draws upon discourse analysis of both the FOCAC VI and VII documents and the key MOE 2016 Action Plan. Findings: Given the trans-continental coverage of the BRI, it is suggested that its ambitious pledges in respect of education and human resource development (HRD) actually complement or even exceed the commitments made by FOCAC VI and VII. Originality/Value: This is the first article explicitly to compare the HRD pledges of FOCAC with those associated with BRI’s Education Action Plan.

Research paper thumbnail of Education, digital literacy and democracy: the case of Britain’s proposed ‘exit’ from the European Union (Brexit)

Asia Pacific Education Review, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of The global targeting of education and skill: policy history and comparative perspectives

Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Development Assistance for Education Post-20151

Journal of International and Comparative Education, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of China's Aid and Soft Power in Africa: The Case of Education and Training. KENNETH KING. Woodbridge, UK and Rochester, NY: James Currey, 2013. xvii + 238 pp. £19.99. ISBN 978-184701-065-0

The China Quarterly, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Multilateral agencies in the construction of the global agenda on education

Comparative Education, 2007

Research paper thumbnail of NETWORK FOR INTERNATIONAL POLICIES AND COOPERATION IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING What is NORRAG? Education and Development in the Post-2015 Landscapes

Since its launch in 1985, NORRAG has established itself as a broad-based multi-constituency netwo... more Since its launch in 1985, NORRAG has established itself as a broad-based multi-constituency network of researchers, policymakers, NGOs and consultants that aims to intermediate between research and policy, offering and producing neutral knowledge and critical analysis of complex international education issues. Its main objectives are:  Collection, critical analysis, and synthesis of research  Dissemination of just-in-time information and knowledge  Advocacy of critical analysis to governments, NGOs and other organizations  Cooperation with other groups, particularly in the Global South, in order to share information, carry out joint programmes, join efforts in advocacy and strengthen networks NORRAG's current programme focuses on the following themes:  Education and TVSD in the post-2015 and beyond Agenda  Technical and vocational skills development policies  Knowledge production, research, data, results and evidence for policy making  Education and training in contexts ...

Research paper thumbnail of Indo-African Skill Transfer in an East African Economy

African Affairs, 1975

... Kenneth King taught in the Department of History in Nairobi University from 1968 to 1971, and... more ... Kenneth King taught in the Department of History in Nairobi University from 1968 to 1971, and is now attached to the Centre of African Studies ... He is the author of Pan-Africanism and Education, and has edited the Autobiography of Harry Thuku and Kenya Historical Biographies. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Relevance of the Mwalimu's (Julius Nyerere) Vision of Education in a Globalising World

Research paper thumbnail of Literacy Research in Developing Countries. Final Report

Research paper thumbnail of Jua kali Kenya: change & development in an informal economy, 1970-95

Choice Reviews Online, 1997

... As last time in the early l970s, I owe a particular debt of gratitude to Andrew Gachangiu, Ja... more ... As last time in the early l970s, I owe a particular debt of gratitude to Andrew Gachangiu, James Giathi, Gacuiri Kagotho, Kimotho, and Mutang ... zero-grazer' with its heavy flywheel and its blades for cutting maize stalks and napier grass into very short pieces, in Peter Kagotho 's ...