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Obamba, Milton O. – Higher Education Policy, 2013
The World Bank is clearly one of the most influential global intergovernmental operators for international development assistance. In recent decades, the Bank and other agencies have invested immense technical and financial resources in a troubled and unprecedented mission of revitalizing and restructuring the development of education in Africa. A…
Descriptors: Knowledge Economy, African Studies, International Organizations, Financial Policy
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Hattori, Hiroyuki – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2009
Since 2001 the government of Cambodia has striven to advance policy-led education reform based on a sector-wide approach. This paper critically reviews the status and progress of Cambodia's education reform from the perspective of the aid's effectiveness. The paper looks at the performance of the sector reform in the three priority areas…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Developing Nations
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Bashir, Sajitha – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2009
This article examines the contribution of the Education for All-Fast Track Initiative (EFA-FTI) global partnership in strengthening aid effectiveness in the education sector, and specifically how the implementation modalities of the EFA-FTI Catalytic Fund (CF) have contributed to this strengthening. The empirical findings are based on a review…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Grants, Program Implementation, Partnerships in Education
Cassity, Elizabeth A. – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2008
A first glance at almost any policy document generated by a bilateral or multilateral donor agency reveals a familiar rhetoric of participation, partnership, community, good governance, growth and strong democracy as key ingredients for a successful development program. While some critics of this rhetoric argue that this is merely a recasting of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Sustainable Development, Educational Policy
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Nordtveit, Bjorn Harald – International Journal of Educational Development, 2008
This paper argues that many internationally financed literacy programs do not sufficiently take into consideration important daily life issues of the learners, including nutritional deficiencies that may hinder learning, or of children-parent-society interactions that may improve learning. As a result, many programs have become synonymous with…
Descriptors: Family Planning, Poverty, Females, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Cope, John A. – 1995
This report presents results of a study team's analysis of the extent to which International Military Education and Training (IMET) serves U.S. interests. It describes whether IMET has done the following: (1) facilitated access to senior military and political leaders and promoted communication between the United States and recipient countries;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy, Foreign Students