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The theme of the book—education and development, is central to the current contemporary discourses on development. The nexus between education and development is strong and deep-rooted. Education contri-butes to several dimensions of development—economic growth, poverty, inequality and social development. But education is affected by structural adjustment and globalisation policies and the accompanying policies on financing, and private education. With respect to all these, many countries have valuable experiences and hence can learn from each other. The book that includes one dozen articles prepared by the author over the last 2-3 decades provides a critical discussion on these and other related themes. The purpose of the book is to stimulate sound and informed thinking about some of the critical issues in education and development.

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. I. Education and Development: 1. Education, Growth and Development. 2. Education and Poverty. 3. Higher Education, Poverty and Development. II. Structural Adjustment, Foreign Aid and Privatisation: 4. Foreign Aid for Education. 5. Education and Structural Adjustment. 6. Knowledge Society, Education and Aid. 7. Private Higher Education: Philanthropy to Profits. 8. Public Private Partnership in Education. III. What can we Learn from Others?: 9. Trends in Costs and Financing of Higher Education: Tentative Comparisons between Developed and Developing Countries. 10. Economics of Vocationalisation: A Review of Evidence. 11. Education and Development: Lessons from Asian Experience. IV. Education for Another Development: 12. Education for Another Development. Index.