Education and development in Africa: lessons of the past 50 years for beyond 2015

As we move to discuss the nature of development targets post 2015, it is timely to consider what lessons can be learnt from 50 years of experiences of attempts to link education and development in Africa. This paper offers a historical account of key themes in African education and development and r...

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Main Author: McGrath, Simon
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1640/
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description As we move to discuss the nature of development targets post 2015, it is timely to consider what lessons can be learnt from 50 years of experiences of attempts to link education and development in Africa. This paper offers a historical account of key themes in African education and development and raises questions particularly about who sets targets and priorities and for whom.
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spelling nottingham-16402020-05-04T16:33:25Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1640/ Education and development in Africa: lessons of the past 50 years for beyond 2015 McGrath, Simon As we move to discuss the nature of development targets post 2015, it is timely to consider what lessons can be learnt from 50 years of experiences of attempts to link education and development in Africa. This paper offers a historical account of key themes in African education and development and raises questions particularly about who sets targets and priorities and for whom. 2012-06-08 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed McGrath, Simon (2012) Education and development in Africa: lessons of the past 50 years for beyond 2015. In: CAS@50, 6-8 June 2012, Edinburgh, UK. (Unpublished) education development Africa development planning policy development theory
spellingShingle education
development
Africa
development planning
policy
development theory
McGrath, Simon
Education and development in Africa: lessons of the past 50 years for beyond 2015
title Education and development in Africa: lessons of the past 50 years for beyond 2015
title_full Education and development in Africa: lessons of the past 50 years for beyond 2015
title_fullStr Education and development in Africa: lessons of the past 50 years for beyond 2015
title_full_unstemmed Education and development in Africa: lessons of the past 50 years for beyond 2015
title_short Education and development in Africa: lessons of the past 50 years for beyond 2015
title_sort education and development in africa: lessons of the past 50 years for beyond 2015
topic education
development
Africa
development planning
policy
development theory
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1640/