Publications
Issue 11 - December 2012
AEI (American enterprise institute for public policy research)
Paul LeBlanc (2012).Making Sense of Disruptive Technologies and Higher Education: A Theory of Change, the Growth of Online Programs, and the Next Generation of Delivery Models.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Shaping the Future – conference proceedings
On 2-3 July 2012 the conference ‘Shaping the Future: new perspectives on Dutch cooperation in post-secondary education and training for sustainable development ’ took place in The Hague. The conference was organised by Nuffic on behalf of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss directions and perspectives for the design of new Dutch programmes for cooperation in post-secondary education and training. The proceedings of the conference became available in October.
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Skills Development Pathways in Asia: Employment and Skills Strategies in Southeast Asia initiative (ESSSA)
Skills and educational development for inclusive and sustainable growth are becoming significant drivers in OECD countries. Asian countries are not lagging behind on the challenge; on the contrary, they are taking diverse pathways in skills training and education to achieve the end. This report focuses on current efforts in 15 countries in the Asian region: Australia, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam. Together, these countries represent one of the most dynamic regions in the world, with steady growth, even during the recent financial crisis.
What are the returns on higher education for individuals and countries?
Education indicators in focus. 2012/06 (June). OECD countries.
What do we know about multilateral aid? The 55 billion dollar question
The share of aid delivered by multilateral organisations has grown steadily over the past 20 years. In 2011 it reached almost USD 55 billion, equivalent to 40% of gross official development assistance (ODA) from OECD Development Assistance Committee member countries. This policy brief provides the highlights from the DAC's work on multilateral aid over the past 5 years.
Are countries educating to protect against unemployment?
More people than even before now reach a level of educational attainment equivalent to upper secondary education. The available evidence is very conclusive: this level of education can be considered a minimum level to ensure a job and a living wage. Article by Dirk Van Damme.
Better Skills, Better Jobs, Better Lives. A strategic approach to skills policies
This book presents a strategy that will help countries reach the goal of having and making the best use of a high-quality pool of skills.
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Connecting with emigrants. A global profile of diasporas
This joint OECD/AFD publication includes 140 country notes summarising diaspora sizes, the characteristics of emigrant populations (gender, age, etc.); the numbers and main destinations of international students; recent migrant flows to OECD countries; and more.
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Development Co-operation Report 2012
This year, the Development Co-operation Report 2012: Lessons in linking sustainability and development seeks to provide insights into how to address today’s sustainable development challenges, with a focus on inclusiveness and good governance to ensure that our finite resources are equitably distributed, now and in the future.
Fragile states 2013: Resource flows and trends in a shifting world
This publication takes stock of i) the evolution of fragility as a concept, ii) analyses financial flows to and within fragile states between 2000 and 2010, and iii) identifies trends and issues that are likely to shape fragility in the years to come.
Education Today 2013. The OECD Perspective
Organised into eight chapters, this report examines early childhood education, schooling, transitions beyond initial education, higher education, adult learning, outcomes and returns, equity, and innovation. The chapters are structured around key findings and policy directions emerging from recent OECD educational analyses.
Post-Secondary Vocational Education and Training. Pathways and Partnerships
This report is part of the OECD work on Higher Education in Regional and City Development. In the course of the reviews of more than 30 cities and regions, this work identified VET-university linkages as one of the common issues that impact the engagement of tertiary education in socio-economic development across countries.
SARUA
Doctoral Education: Renewing the Academy
This publication contains a selection of papers delivered at a two-part event hosted by SARUA in March 2012 at the University of Johannesburg. The first part of the dialogue focused on quality teaching and scholarship, the second part on doctoral education, leadership and knowledge societies.
Internationalisation in Higher Education: Perspectives from the Global South
This publication captures perspectives on these and other debates that took place at a Vice-Chancellors’ Dialogue held in June 2012 in collaboration with the International Association of Universities, co-hosted by Eduardo Mondlane University and Lurio University in Mozambique.
A Profile of Higher Education in Southern Africa – Volume 1: A Regional Perspective
This volume documents the latest data that SARUA has gathered on public higher education institutions in the SADC region, and contains some exploratory information on private higher education institutions.
A Profile of Higher Education in Southern Africa – Volume 2: National Perspectives
The 15 country profiles in Volume 2 provide a wealth of quantitative and qualitative data on higher education in the SADC region.
Seven Years of Regional Higher Education Advancement (by John Butler-Adam)
This publication situates SARUA in the framework of the SADC region, and outlines the significance of higher education in the social and economic development of Southern Africa. It traces the evolution of SARUA as a membership organisation and examines the gains made across the region.
The World Bank
Education in the Republic of South Sudan: status and challenges for a new system (English)
This education status report (ESR), prepared at the request of the Government of South Sudan (GoSS), provides a comprehensive snapshot of an education sector that is emerging from a long period of civil strife.
UNESCO
The World Inequality Database on Education (WIDE)
The World Inequality Database on Education (WIDE) highlights the powerful influence of circumstances, such as wealth, gender, ethnicity and location, over which people have little control but which play an important role in shaping their opportunities for education and wider life chances. It draws attention to unacceptable levels of education inequality across countries and between groups within countries, with the aim of helping to inform policy design and public debate.
VLIR-UOS (Flemish University Council – University Cooperation for Development)
Deloitte (2012). Tussentijdse evaluatie van de Onderzoeksplatformen voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking (O*platformen)
Ben van Baren & João Mosca (2012). Mid-term evaluation of the ongoing cooperation with the Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique
Sinclair Mantell, Serge Hoste, Wim Van Petegem (2012). Redesigning and repositioning of the Institutional University Cooperation Programme in the framework of a country strategy approach. IUC Review | Policy Advisory Document