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ERIC Number: EJ529925
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-4805
African Education and Development: Crisis, Triumphalism, Research, Loss of Vision.
Samoff, Joel
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v42 n2 p121-47 Jun 1996
Examines deteriorating living conditions, health, and education in Africa, and increased economic dependence of African governments on international "donors" demanding "structural adjustment" policies that reduce public expenditures. Discusses arrogant triumphalism of the United States and international financial institutions, altered roles of United Nations organizations, funding and misuse of educational research to support externally imposed policies, and democracy's ambiguous status. (SV)
Descriptors: Democracy, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Modernization, Poverty, Power Structure, Research Utilization, Retrenchment
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Africa; Dependency (Economics); Education Economy Relationship; International Aid; World Bank
Note: Based on a paper presented at a University of Alberta conference (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, September 1995). Theme issue title: "Education and Development: Past Lessons, Present Crises, Future Possibilities."