Journal Article10.1016/0738-0593(94)90017-5
Education and structural adjustment in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa
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TL;DR: The authors analyzes the performance of adjusting and non-adjusting countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America between 1980 and 1988 and concludes that the main failure of adjustment is one of lost opportunities to include education and human resource development at the center of the restructuring process.
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About: This article is published in International Journal of Educational Development. The article was published on 01 Apr 1994. The article focuses on the topics: Structural adjustment & Higher education.
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