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McMillan, Leah K. – International Review of Education, 2010
The end of the Cold War ushered in a paradigmatic shift in international development discourse whereby a human rights-based approach to development was generated. This shift has stimulated the pegging of international development policy to the objectives of the human rights regime. However, in attempting to unify development and human rights…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Definitions, International Education, International Programs
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Rose, Pauline – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2009
"Absorptive capacity" is a frequently used term amongst development practitioners in education. It is adopted by some as a reason for caution over scaling up aid. Others are of the view that absorptive capacity is an excuse by some donors for not delivering on their Education for All financing commitments. Drawing on interviews with…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Donors, Nongovernmental Organizations, Barriers