The World Bank and the global governance of education in a changing world order

Karen Mundy and Antoni Verger

International Journal of Educational Development, 2015, vol. 40, issue C, 9-18

Abstract: The World Bank's involvement in education policy and reform has grown substantially since the 1960s. For an organization that originally had no mandate to work on education, the Bank has become perhaps the most powerful and hegemonic of the international organizations operating in the education for development field. The Bank is the largest single international funder of education for development in low-income countries, and its technical and knowledge-based resources tower over those of other international institutions.

Keywords: World Bank; International organizations; Global governance; Agenda-setting; Education policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2014.11.021

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