Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- External Advisory Panel Members -- Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- Chapter 1 Introduction and Context -- Context -- Notes -- Chapter 2 The Education Imperative -- The Demand for Higher-level Skills in Sub-Saharan Africa -- The Mission of Tertiary Education in an Economic Growth Context -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Improving the Performance of Tertiary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Introducing National Innovation Systems -- What Is the Current State of Play? -- Tertiary Education -- Concluding Observations: Tertiary Education for Competitiveness and Growth -- Notes -- Annex A -- Annex B -- Annex C -- Annex D -- References -- Index -- Figure 1.1 New Commitments for Education by Sub-Sector FY1990-2008 -- Figure 1.2 Savings and Investment, 1990-2006 -- Figure 1.3 Population Growth and Fertility Rates for Selected Countries, 1990 and 2005 -- Figure 1.4 Export Sophistication and Competitiveness (EXPY) and Level of Higher Education -- Figure 1.5 Export Sophistication and Competitiveness (EXPY) Increase with Level of Secondary Education -- Figure 1.6 Progress from Low-value Commodity to High-value Agricultural and Resources-based Processed Exports, 1985-2004 -- Figure 2.1 Changes in Education Profile in Korea and Ghana, 1960-2000 -- Figure 2.2 Secondary and Tertiary Gross Enrollment Rates for Case Study Countries, 1991 and 2005 -- Figure 2.3 Secondary Gross Enrollment in 2004 -- Figure 2.4 Tertiary Gross Enrollment in 2004 -- Figure 2.5 Population Growth Rates in Anglophone and Francophone Africa, 1990-2005 -- Figure 2.6 Projected Growth Rate of 20- to 24-year-old Population for Anglophone and Francophone Africa, 2010-50 -- Figure 2.7 GER Index by Level of Education, 1990-2005 -- Figure 2.8 Trends in SSA Tertiary GER, 2000-05 -- Figure 2.9 Total Public Agricultural Research Spending in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000.

Figure 2.10 Source of Technology for Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Figure 3.1 Tertiary Share of Education Budget by Region, 1975-2005 -- Table 1.1 World Bank Financing for Education in Sub-Saharan Africa, FY1990-FY2008 -- Table 1.2 Private Returns to Primary vs. Tertiary Education -- Table 1.3 Growth and Sectoral Indicators -- Table 1.4 Remittances and Foreign Assistance -- Table 1.5 Exports of Goods and Services -- Table 1.6 Share of Engineering, Food, and Garment Exports in Selected Countries, 2001-06 -- Table 1.7 Competitiveness of SSA Countries -- Table 1.8 Export Diversification Trend Indicators in Africa -- Table 2.1 Average Math and Science Scores of Eighth-Grade Students in Selected Countries, 2003 -- Table 2.2 Distribution of African University Graduates by Field of Study, 2005 -- Table 2.3 Share of Tertiary Students Enrolled in Science and Technology Disciplines, by Country -- Table 2.4 Changes in Public Expenditures on Education in Low-income Countries, 1990-2003 -- Table 2.5 Researchers per Million Persons -- Table 2.6 Research Outputs by Geographical Region -- Table 2.7 Science and Engineering Publications from Africa, 2005-06 -- Table 3.1 Percentage Distribution of Tertiary Students by Program Type, 2004 -- Table 3.2 Unit Cost in U.S. Dollars of Secondary, Technical, and Tertiary Education, Selected Countries, 2002 -- Table 3.3 National Technical Training Levy Schemes in Selected SSA Countries -- Table 3.4 Average Staff/Student Ratios for SSA Universities -- Table 3.5 Public Expenditure on Education as a Percentage of GDP, 2004 -- Table 3.6 Differentiation Profiles for Selected African Tertiary Systems.