UNIMINUTO : Bringing Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Jobs to Marginalized Communities in Colombia through Tertiary Education

International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on leveraging the power of the private sector to tackle the world’s most pressing development challenges. W...

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Main Authors: Casanova, Ann M., Kandri, Salah-Eddine, Khan, Mohammed Ali, Valenzuela, Carolina
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Language:English
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Published: International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2016
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spelling okr-10986-250712021-04-23T14:04:28Z UNIMINUTO : Bringing Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Jobs to Marginalized Communities in Colombia through Tertiary Education Casanova, Ann M. Kandri, Salah-Eddine Khan, Mohammed Ali Valenzuela, Carolina business model tertiary education scientific park social innovation school enrollment International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on leveraging the power of the private sector to tackle the world’s most pressing development challenges. Working with private enterprises in more than one hundred countries, IFC uses its capital, expertise and influence to help eliminate extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity. Expanding access to quality and affordable education is a central element to eliminate poverty and reduce inequality. In developing countries, private education providers play a critical role in the delivery of education, skills, and training that is affordable and relevant to the needs of the labor markets. The IFC education practice is developing four case studies that showcase success stories in the IFC education portfolio around scale, skills, affordability, and innovation. This case study highlights how IFC clients have contributed to meeting IFC’s strategic goals in education of: (1) developing skills and enhancing employability of graduates and trainees and (2) increasing reach and impact at all levels of education. 2016-09-14T17:38:41Z 2016-09-14T17:38:41Z 2015-04 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26718001/uniminuto-bringing-entrepreneurship-innovation-jobs-marginalized-communities-colombia-through-tertiary-education http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25071 English en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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tertiary education
scientific park
social innovation
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Casanova, Ann M.
Kandri, Salah-Eddine
Khan, Mohammed Ali
Valenzuela, Carolina
UNIMINUTO : Bringing Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Jobs to Marginalized Communities in Colombia through Tertiary Education
description International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on leveraging the power of the private sector to tackle the world’s most pressing development challenges. Working with private enterprises in more than one hundred countries, IFC uses its capital, expertise and influence to help eliminate extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity. Expanding access to quality and affordable education is a central element to eliminate poverty and reduce inequality. In developing countries, private education providers play a critical role in the delivery of education, skills, and training that is affordable and relevant to the needs of the labor markets. The IFC education practice is developing four case studies that showcase success stories in the IFC education portfolio around scale, skills, affordability, and innovation. This case study highlights how IFC clients have contributed to meeting IFC’s strategic goals in education of: (1) developing skills and enhancing employability of graduates and trainees and (2) increasing reach and impact at all levels of education.
format Report
author Casanova, Ann M.
Kandri, Salah-Eddine
Khan, Mohammed Ali
Valenzuela, Carolina
author_facet Casanova, Ann M.
Kandri, Salah-Eddine
Khan, Mohammed Ali
Valenzuela, Carolina
author_sort Casanova, Ann M.
title UNIMINUTO : Bringing Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Jobs to Marginalized Communities in Colombia through Tertiary Education
title_short UNIMINUTO : Bringing Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Jobs to Marginalized Communities in Colombia through Tertiary Education
title_full UNIMINUTO : Bringing Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Jobs to Marginalized Communities in Colombia through Tertiary Education
title_fullStr UNIMINUTO : Bringing Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Jobs to Marginalized Communities in Colombia through Tertiary Education
title_full_unstemmed UNIMINUTO : Bringing Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Jobs to Marginalized Communities in Colombia through Tertiary Education
title_sort uniminuto : bringing entrepreneurship, innovation and jobs to marginalized communities in colombia through tertiary education
publisher International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26718001/uniminuto-bringing-entrepreneurship-innovation-jobs-marginalized-communities-colombia-through-tertiary-education
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