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Financing of Adult Education
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Archer, David – Convergence, 2007
The 2008 EFA Global Monitoring Report recognises adult literacy as the most neglected of the EFA goals. It is neglected most obviously in respect of the financial allocations made by governments and donors. This shortage of financing creates a dangerous situation in which adult educators seek to convince politicians to invest, based on false…
Descriptors: Donors, Adult Education, Public Sector, Adult Literacy
Income Inequality, Global Economy and the State
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Lee, Cheol-Sung; Nielsen, Francois; Alderson, Arthur S. – Social Forces, 2007
We investigate interrelationship among income inequality, global economy and the role of the state using an unbalanced panel data set with 311 observations on 60 countries, dated from 1970 to 1994. The analysis proceeds in two stages. First, we test for effects on income inequality of variables characterizing the situation of a society in the…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Public Sector, Income, Economic Impact
Developing a Mission for the National Education Network: The Challenge of Seamless Access.
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Lankes, R. David; Sutton, Stuart A. – Government Information Quarterly, 1999
Explores the potential mission of the National Education Network (NEN) in light of the emerging global learning infrastructure made possible by the Internet. Develops a five-part framework for exploring the nature of education information provision in a networked digital environment and examines government-sponsored and private sector initiatives.…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Government Role, Information Networks, Internet
Alexandria Declaration of Principles.
Hayes, Robert M.; Chen, Ching-chih – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1995
Discusses principles developed at the 1994 NIT (International Conference on New Information Technology) in Alexandria (Virginia) that focused on the global information infrastructure. Topics include educating and training users, responsibilities and education of information professionals, the role of national agencies, public and private sector…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Economic Factors, Global Approach, Government Role
World Trends in Corporatization and Privatization. Proceedings of the 1993 Mid-Year Seminar of the Pacific Telecommunications Council (Taipei, Taiwan, June 9-11, 1993).
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Pacific Telecommunications Council, Honolulu, HI. – 1993
This packet of materials from the Mid-Year Seminar of the Pacific Telecommunications Council begins with lists of attendees and participants and the conference agenda. Papers include the following: (1) "Global Trends-Restructuring, Privatization, Finance, Investment: Worldwide Trends towards Liberalizing the Wireless Segment of…
Descriptors: Change, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
The University and the State in a Global Age: Renegotiating the Traditional Social Contract?
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Kwiek, Marek – European Educational Research Journal, 2005
This article is based on the Keynote Address to the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Dublin, Ireland, 7-10 September 2005. It argues that we are facing the simultaneous renegotiation of the major post-war social contract (concerning the welfare state) in Europe and the renegotiation of a smaller-scale modern social pact: the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Public Sector, Policy Formation