Contents

Foreword

Preface

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

Part 1 Education Policies and Development: Issues in the Debate

1 International Education and Development: Histories, Parallels, Crossroads

2 International Education Policies, Issues, and Challenges

3 International Investment in Education for Development: Public Good or Economic Tool?

Part 2 Shaping Training and Lifelong Learning

4 Tertiary Technical Education and Youth Integration in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico

5 Why Commodity Booms Have Not (Yet?) Boosted Human Capital: Bolivia’s Struggle to Create a Skilled Workforce

6 Lifelong Learning in a Learning Society: Are Community Learning Centres the Vehicle?

7 Exploring the Value of the Capability Approach for Vocational Education and Training Evaluation: Reflections from South Africa

Part 3 China, Migration, MOOCs: What’s in It for Higher Education in Africa?

8 China’s Higher Education Engagement with Africa: A Different Partnership and Cooperation Model?

9 Western African Student Migration: A Response to the Globalisation of Knowledge

10 Boosting Higher Education in Africa through Shared Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)

Index