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Title Financing higher education in Africa
Published Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 170 pages) : illustrations
Series Directions in development. Human development
Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Human development.
Contents Introduction -- Rising social demand and the challenge of sustainable financing -- Main features of current funding policies and practices -- Tools for financially sustainable tertiary education policies -- Ensuring the successful implementation of financing reforms
Summary Sustainable growth in SSA is contingent on the capacity of States to diversify their economies and thus train human capital that will help carry out and support this transformation. Higher education plays a key role in training qualified individuals who will be able to implement new technologies, and use innovative methods to establish cost-efficient and effective enterprises and institutions. Through research and increased knowledge, higher education can also help address the challenges arising from the increase in the size of the population, limited arable land, endemic diseases, urbanizatio
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
English
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Subject Education, Higher -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Finance
EDUCATION -- Higher.
Education, Higher -- Finance
Finanzierung
Hochschule
Sub-Saharan Africa
Afrika
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
Author World Bank.
LC no. 2010926044
ISBN 9780821383377
082138337X
9780821382219
0821382217