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Education, skills, sustainability and growth: complex relations
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Abstract The global education agenda, embedded in the Education for All (EFA) Goals, and the Millennium Development Goals, has emphasised the importance of reaching EFA rather than sustaining this achievement. As a corollary, the emphasis for external aid has also been on increasing aid to secure EFA rather ... view more
The global education agenda, embedded in the Education for All (EFA) Goals, and the Millennium Development Goals, has emphasised the importance of reaching EFA rather than sustaining this achievement. As a corollary, the emphasis for external aid has also been on increasing aid to secure EFA rather than on the dangers of aid dependency in securing and sustaining EFA. The international architecture in support of education for sustainable development appears to have little interest in analysing these tensions between the pursuit of these rights-based EFA Goals, on the one hand, and the kind of economic growth and macro-economic environment that would be necessary to sustain their achievement.... view less
Keywords
education; economic growth; sustainability; combating poverty; development aid; sustainable development; international aid; developing country
Classification
Sociology of Developing Countries, Developmental Sociology
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Macroanalysis of the Education System, Economics of Education, Educational Policy
Free Keywords
education; skills; sustainability; growth
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
p. 175-181
Journal
International Journal of Educational Development, 29 (2009) 2
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution