World Bank financing of education lending, learning and development / Phillip W. Jones.
| Author/creator | Jones, Phillip W., 1949- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Second edition. |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, |
| Description | xxvii, 289 pages ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Cover -- World Bank Financing of Education -- Contents -- Tables -- Preface to the first edition -- The World Bank and education -- Researching the World Bank -- Preface to the second edition -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on text -- Abbreviations -- 1 The Bank at work -- Bank purposes, structure, and style -- Bank activities in retrospect -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 2 Getting started in education 1960-3 -- Options for educational financing -- Taking decisions on education -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3 Early project experience in education 1963-8 -- Establishing a project cycle in education -- UNESCO-World Bank Co-operative Program -- Initial project and policy issues -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4 Education in the McNamara years 1968-80 -- Policy, conceptual, and organizational changes -- A poverty focus in education -- fact or fiction? -- Education project experience under McNamara -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5 From development to reform -- Policy assessments in education -- 1980 Education Sector Policy Paper -- Adjusting to debt and recession -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 The triumph of educational fundamentalism 1986-95 -- Alternative policies for financing education -- The research-policy nexus -- The basics of policy reform -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 7 From Wolfensohn to Wolfowitz -- Reclaiming legitimacy -- Education in the Wolfensohn Bank -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 8 World Bank priorities for educational financing -- Understanding Bank constructions of policy -- Bank stances on educational priorities -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-278) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2006020393 |
| ISBN | 0415404762 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9780415404761 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9780415567077 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0415567076 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780203965931 (ebk.) |
| ISBN | 0203965930 (ebk.) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |