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The Rise of Basic Education: A Local Issue or a Construct of the Global Agenda? A Review of Education Priorities of Key Donors in the Pacific Region
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Tolley, Hilary C. – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2008
With "basic education" now firmly a part of the current development discourse, this paper discusses how a selection of donors in Pacific education relate to this notion in terms of shifts in their development policy, their financial commitment and their underlying political agenda. With Levesque's (2001) notion of "perception…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Donors, Adult Basic Education, Trend Analysis
Patterns and Problems in Development Assistance for Higher Education.
Tribe, D. E. – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1983
The world scope of assistance to developing countries and Australia's official contribution are reviewed, the part of Australia's contribution affecting higher education is described, and some administrative issues resulting from expanding developmental assistance programs in higher education are outlined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Australia's Programme of Educational Assistance to Developing Countries: The Place of Basic Education.
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Byrne, Anne – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de l'Education, 1994
Describes Australia's program of educational assistance to developing countries, indicating that over three-quarters of the assistance is for higher education. Suggests that the program's bias is driven by commercial considerations. Advocates increased assistance to basic education programs because of their greater relevance to developing…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Financial Support
Australian Education and the Pacific Rim: An Emerging Relationship.
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Welch, A. R. – 1987
This paper documents the emerging relationship between Australian higher education and the Pacific Rim countries. It offers a chronology of this mutual affiliation and discusses the purposes of Australia fostering its Asian connection within the framework of recent trends to privatize higher education. These purposes include but are not limited to…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students