This paper describes World Bank lending strategies for higher education and science and technology development and draws four lessons from project experience. First, the Bank has been most successful where...
Although higher education systems are in a constant state of change, they are difficult for governments to reform. This paper examines strategies for reforming the management and financing of higher education...
The authors examine the policy environment for investment in university development in Uganda, with special attention to the needs of Makerere University. They present data on the structure and financing...
World Bank support for higher education grew from an average of 17% of lending for education between 1963 and 1970 to 37% of lending since 1986. Although higher education's share fell from 43% in the early...
Language policies affecting scientific education and research have important implications for educational efficiency and effectiveness. An analysis of the role of European and other languages in science...
Development of private higher education in Africa has been constrained by poverty and by extrapolation of the colonial experience that private involvement exacerbates inequalities in educational provision...