International Funding of Educational Development: External Agendas and Internal Adaptations: The Case of Liberia
International Funding of Educational Development: External Agendas and Internal Adaptations: The Case of Liberia
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教育发展的国际资助:外部议程和内部适应:利比里亚案例
DOI:
10.1086/446809
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发表时间:
1989
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
C. Snyder
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文献类型:
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作者:
Joane Nagel;C. Snyder
The past quarter century has been a period of tremendous educational growth in developing countries. During the period from 1960 to 1985, primary school enrollments in developing states rose 50 percent, from 60.7 percent of the primary-school-aged population in 1960 to 91.5 percent in 1985.' Secondary enrollments tripled from 12.6 percent of the secondaryschool-aged population in 1960 to 38.4 percent in 1985.2 And enrollments in tertiary education quadrupled from 2.1 percent of 20-24-year-olds in 1960 to 8.8 percent in 1985.3 National expenditures for education in developing states showed paralleled increases during the period from 1970 to 1983, growing from 2.9 percent of the developing world's gross national product (GNP) in 1970 to 4.0 percent of its GNP in 1983.4 Despite the expansion of education in the developing world, development planners, educators, and education development researchers cite numerous problems with educational systems (including problems of access, quality, cost, and design)5 and express disappointment at the apparent failure of educational expansion to decrease dependency, reduce inequities, or to promote economic growth.6 The litany of problems characterizing