Constructing Knowledge Societies : New Challenges for Tertiary Education
This report describes how tertiary education contributes to building up a country's capacity for participation in an increasingly knowledge-based world economy and investigates policy options for tertiary education that have the potential to...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/2034209/constructing-knowledge-societies-new-challenges-tertiary-education http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15224 |
| Summary: | This report describes how tertiary
education contributes to building up a country's
capacity for participation in an increasingly
knowledge-based world economy and investigates policy
options for tertiary education that have the potential to
enhance economic growth and reduce poverty. It examines the
following questions: What is the importance of tertiary
education for economic and social development? How should
developing and transition countries position themselves to
take full advantage of the potential contribution of
tertiary education? How can the World Bank and other
development agencies assist in this process? The report
draws on ongoing Bank research and analysis on the dynamics
of knowledge economies and on science and technology
development. Using this background, it explores how
countries can adapt and shape their tertiary education
systems to confront successfully the combination of new and
old challenges in the context of the rising significance for
tertiary education of internal and international market
forces. It examines the justification for continuing public
support of tertiary education and the appropriate role of
the state in support of knowledge-driven economic growth.
Finally, it reviews the lessons from recent World Bank
experience with support of tertiary education, including
ways of minimizing the negative political impact of reforms,
and makes recommendations for future Bank involvement. |
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