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Publication Date: 2012
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The World Bank's Shift Away from Neoliberal Ideology: Real or Rhetoric?
Adhikary, Rino Wiseman
Policy Futures in Education, v10 n2 p191-200 2012
Some literature on World Bank education policies after 1999 tries to project a shift away of the Bank from its 1980s neoliberal mandate. This article argues that the shift is only in the form of rhetoric, which facilitates a hidden agenda of creating a worldwide higher education market, leaving the poor with primary education only. At the rhetorical level there is a greater concern for poverty and equity, showing the importance of primary education for the poor, but at an operational level the policies still are conducive to a market-driven approach to higher education.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Primary Education, Rhetoric, Educational Change, Economically Disadvantaged, Ideology, Neoliberalism, International Organizations, Poverty, Educational Attainment, Equal Education, Competition, Business, Policy Analysis
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Language: English
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