Economics, Aid and Education: Implications for Development -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ECONOMICS, AID AND EDUCATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- PART I: THE POLITICS OF AID AND DEVELOPMENT -- THE ECONOMICS OF AID: IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT -- CURRENT DEBATES -- Thomas Dichter -- William Easterly -- Dambisa Moyo -- Roger Riddell -- David Ellerman -- DISCUSSION -- IMPLICATIONS FOR AID, DEVELOPMENT, AND EDUCATION -- Much More Money Is Needed -- Disburse some of that Money Directly to the Poor -- Real and Strong Participation should be the Fundamental Basis for Governance -- Replace the World Bank and the IMF -- Focus Aid on the Attainment of Human Rights -- More of the Same Research Is Not Needed -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- THE NEW GEOPOLITICS OF EDUCATIONAL AID: FROM COLD WARS TO HOLY WARS? -- INTRODUCTION -- FROM 'COLD WAR' TO 'NEW WARS' TO THE 'WAR ON TERROR': THE NEW GEOPOLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT -- UNDERSTANDING THE RISE IN AID TO EDUCATION IN CONFLICT ZONES -- ARE WE ALL SOLDIERS NOW?: EDUCATION AS COUNTERINSURGENCY -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFLIATION -- AID IN EDUCATION: A PERSPECTIVE FROM PAKISTAN -- INTRODUCTION -- CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUND: EDUCATION REFORMS IN PUNJAB -- AID IN EDUCATION: SOME CONCERNS OF POLICY AND PRACTICE -- TO CONCLUDE: THE CONFUSION AND COUNTER MEASURES? -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION THEORIES WITH REGARD TO THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- Definition of Quality Related to Education -- Human Capital Theory -- Screening Hypothesis, Tail Hypothesis, the Theory of Labor Market Segmentation -- "Quality" Indicators of Education According to Human Capital Theory -- Criticisms of Human Capital Theory's Vision of Quality in Education.

Basic Concept and Approaches Put Forward by Critical Education Theorists -- Final Words -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- PART II: EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN A NEOLIBERAL WORLD -- HOW THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CONTRIBUTES TO SUSTAINING THE NEOLIBERAL AGENDA: ANOTHER TAKE ON THE STRANGE NON-DEMISE OF NEOLIBERALISM -- CONTEXT -- GLOBALIZATION AS NEO-COLONIALISM -- STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS IN AFRICA -- IS EDUCATION PART OF THE PROBLEM OR PART OF THE SOLUTION? -- ENGLISH AS A HEGEMONIC LANGUAGE -- ENGLISH LANGUAGE AS AN ANCHOR FOR NEOLIBERALISM -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- THE ECONOMIC CAPTURE OF CRITICALITY AND THE CHANGING UNIVERSITY IN AUSTRALIA AND THE UK -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CHANGING UNIVERSITY -- CRITICAL THINKING -- METHODOLOGY -- Engaging with Critical Thinking -- Defining critical thinking: differences and uncertainty -- The Value of Critical Thinking: Differences and Tensions -- Challenges to Teaching Criticality -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- SYSTEMS OF REASON(ING) IN THE IDEA OF EDUCATION REFORMS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: THE PUERTO RICAN CONTEXT -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- LANGUAGE EDUCATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND BIOPOLITICS -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- DECENTRALISATION, MARKETISATION, AND QUALITY-ORIENTATION Major Pursuits of Basic Education Reforms in China from 1985 to 2010 -- INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONTEXT -- BACKGROUNDS OF CONTEMPORARY CHINESE EDUCATION -- Social Background -- Basic Education System Before 1985 -- BASIC EDUCATION REFORMS IN MAINLAND CHINA FROM 1985 TO 2010 -- Reshaping Educational System for Market Economy -- Improving Schooling for Quality Education -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- NARRATIVE AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND AUTONOMY: A Case Study with Homeless Single Mothers in Uruguay.

INTRODUCTION -- CONTEXT -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- METHODOLOGY -- A CLOSE-UP ON THE EXPERIENCE: THE OPTIONAL LITERARY WORKSHOP -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- PART III: THE AFRICAN CONTEXT -- EDUCATION LOCALIZATION FOR OPTIMIZING GLOBALIZATION'S OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN AFRICA -- INTRODUCTION: GLOBALIZATION AND ECONOMIC DECLINE -- What Globalization Does and What It Does Not Do - A Background -- Conceptual Issues: Measuring Globalization and that Which is Behind it? -- Globalization and its Distributional Effects in Africa -- Economic Consideration in Globalization: Structural Adjustment in Education -- Globalization and Education Localization: Disadvantages of Globalization -- What Drives the Globalization Processes? -- What are Schools for? Creating a Place for Indigenous Knowledge in Education -- Summary and Concluding Observations -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- THE RISING 'CHINA MODEL' OF EDUCATIONAL COOPERATION WITH AFRICA: FEATURES, DISCOURSES AND PERCEPTIONS -- A NEW LOGIC OF 'AID'? -- Challenging the Orthodox 'Aid' -- Old Relationships with New Strategies -- EXAMINATION OF THE 'CHINA MODEL' IN TANZANIA AND CHINA -- Building Relations through Education, Rather than Aid Education -- Globalised Scholarships? - Attractiveness and Discontentedness -- Historical Difference Perceived: A Non-colonist 'Brother' Facing the New Age -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- EDUCATIONAL POLICY REFORMS IN AFRICA FOR NATIONAL COHESION -- INTRODUCTION -- RESEARCH OBJECTIVES -- Research Design and Methods -- SCHOOLS REPRODUCE AND CAUSE VIOLENCE -- TYPES OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE IN KENYA -- THE PATTERNS OF ETHNIC VIOLENCE IN AFRICA -- EFFECTS OF ETHNIC VIOLENCE ON EDUCATION IN AFRICA -- PREVENTING FUTURE ETHNIC VIOLENCE AND BUILDING PEACE -- RESULTS -- 1. Peace Education -- 2. Political Education.

3. Human Rights Education -- 4. Moral Education -- 5. Counselling Skills Education -- 6. Conflict Resolution Skills Education -- 7. Sports and Athletics Education -- 8. Land Issues Education -- 9. Customary Institutions of Governance Education -- 10. Collaboration and Networking Education -- SUCCESS WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EDUCATION POLICY REFORMS IN AFRICA -- 1. Peace, Counselling and Conflict Resolution Education -- 2. Political, Collaboration and Networking Education -- 3. Human Rights Education -- 4. Moral, Sports and Athletics Education -- 5. Land Issues and Customary Institutions of Governance Education -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- BREAKING DOWN BORDERS IN DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION Something's Gotta Give -- PLAYING CATCH-UP -- Alternative Paradigms: What Constitutes Development? -- Development Education Today: Introducing the Experts -- BRINGING IT HOME: INCORPORATING 'MULTIPLE REALITIES' INTO A FLEXIBLE PARADIGM -- A Step in the Right Direction -- Pedagogical Methods: Theory Meets Practice in a Localized Setting -- Program Outcomes -- Limitations of the XORG Model -- WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE US? -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- SKILLS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR BETTER SCHOOL-TO-WORK TRANSITIONS IN AFRICA -- INTRODUCTION -- THE SKILLS GENERATED BY EDUCATION SYSTEMS -- PLACE FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS IN REGULATING LABOUR MARKETS -- SOME PROPOSITIONS TO IMPROVE SCHOOL TO WORK TRANSITION -- The Legislation for Employment Protection -- Recognizing Skills Acquired in Informal Activities -- Creating & Developing Intermediates of Employment -- CONCLUSION: THE CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESS OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS: TRUST AND GOVERNANCE ISSUES -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- WEBSITES UNESCO AND ILO DATABASES -- AFFILIATION -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- THE EDITORS.