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ElObeidy, Ahmed A. – International Journal of Training and Development, 2016
Labour productivity in Arab countries is low by international standards and this problem occurs in Arab countries both inside and outside Africa. There are 10 Arab countries in Africa: Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Sudan, Somalia, Djibouti and Comoros. Enhancing labour productivity is a major challenge for Arab countries.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Role of Education, Arabs, Labor
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Lebeau, Yann; Mills, David – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2008
After years of neglect, there is renewed international interest in higher education in sub-Saharan Africa. Comparative projects have been launched on a continental scale, looking at the socio-economic relevance of higher education, often with the aim of reviving failing institutions. A new "transformation" policy paradigm has replaced a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research and Development, Models, Educational Finance
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Samoff, Joel – Comparative Education Review, 1993
The conjunction of development funding and educational research in Africa and the dominating role of a single agency, the World Bank, have consequences for research and educational policy: structuring of research according to agency constructs and policies, legitimation of poorly supported propositions, lack of critical review, a fixation on…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Taylor, Maurice, Ed. – 1998
These proceedings on the theme, Adult Education Research: Shaping the Future, contain 52 papers. The papers are: "Virtual Adult Education" (W. Archer and D. Conrad); "Reversal Theory Approach to Adult Learning and Education" (M. Atleo); "Objectiver L'Action" (A. Balleux et al.); "Cultural Constructions of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning