Education and Primitive Accumulation in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Emoungu, Paul-Albert N.

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Publication Date: 1992

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Education and Primitive Accumulation in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Emoungu, Paul-Albert N.

Comparative Education, v28 n2 p201-13 1992

The 1988 World Bank report on education in sub-Saharan Africa overstates the regional "crisis" in educational quality and recommends unrealistic strategies, ignoring the fact that basic human needs such as education are unmet because political elites corruptly privatize much of the wealth generated by their nations' economies. (SV)

Descriptors: Capitalism, Declining Enrollment, Developing Nations, Educational Economics, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Influences

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Identifiers - Location: Africa

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