Education and inequality: Implications of the World Bank's education strategy 2020

This chapter analyzes the World Bank's Education Strategy 2020 (WBES) to assess its likely impact on inequality. The chapter begins with a review of assessments of the Bank's past education policies. It then compares four different theoretical perspectives on education policy: social class...

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Main Authors: JOSHI, Devin K., SMITH, William
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-32402016-08-29T02:24:04Z Education and inequality: Implications of the World Bank's education strategy 2020 JOSHI, Devin K. SMITH, William This chapter analyzes the World Bank's Education Strategy 2020 (WBES) to assess its likely impact on inequality. The chapter begins with a review of assessments of the Bank's past education policies. It then compares four different theoretical perspectives on education policy: social class equalization, public goods, human capital, and neoliberalism. Applying quantitative and qualitative content analysis to the WBES, we identify the World Bank's approach as promoting a neo-liberal capitalist development ideology emphasizing private sector schooling and nonformal education along with standardized testing. Our analysis predicts that this strategy will not lead to major increases in educational equality in the developing world, and may even increase inequality. 2012-12-01T08:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1983 info:doi/10.1108/S1479-3679(2012)0000016013 Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Education Political Science
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Political Science
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Political Science
JOSHI, Devin K.
SMITH, William
Education and inequality: Implications of the World Bank's education strategy 2020
description This chapter analyzes the World Bank's Education Strategy 2020 (WBES) to assess its likely impact on inequality. The chapter begins with a review of assessments of the Bank's past education policies. It then compares four different theoretical perspectives on education policy: social class equalization, public goods, human capital, and neoliberalism. Applying quantitative and qualitative content analysis to the WBES, we identify the World Bank's approach as promoting a neo-liberal capitalist development ideology emphasizing private sector schooling and nonformal education along with standardized testing. Our analysis predicts that this strategy will not lead to major increases in educational equality in the developing world, and may even increase inequality.
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author JOSHI, Devin K.
SMITH, William
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title Education and inequality: Implications of the World Bank's education strategy 2020
title_short Education and inequality: Implications of the World Bank's education strategy 2020
title_full Education and inequality: Implications of the World Bank's education strategy 2020
title_fullStr Education and inequality: Implications of the World Bank's education strategy 2020
title_full_unstemmed Education and inequality: Implications of the World Bank's education strategy 2020
title_sort education and inequality: implications of the world bank's education strategy 2020
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2012
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1983
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