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From the Washington to the Post-Washington Consensus: The influence of international agendas on education policy and practice in Malawi

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posted on 2023-06-07, 23:45 authored by Pauline Rose
Education is receiving ever-increasing priority in the post-Washington consensus era, which views education as both a means to and end of development. However, justification for the attention given to education continues to be centrally focused on the notion of human capital. By consequence, marketisation and privatisation of education are becoming increasingly significant. With the World Bank and WTO joining forces to create a vision for a 'global education industry', emphasis is placed on free trade in educational goods and services. The paper examines critically the implications of this international education agenda for developing countries, focusing on the experience of Malawi.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Globalisation, Societies and Education

ISSN

1476-7724

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

1

Volume

1

Page range

67-86

Pages

20.0

Department affiliated with

  • Education Publications

Notes

This paper provides a critique of human capital theory, substantiated by data analysis from Rose's research in Malawi. It is unusual in the way in which the theoretical critique derives from evidence comparing the international education agenda with national realities. The importance of the article is reflected by it being re-printed in the influential volume: Education, Globalization and Social Change (2006, P. Brown et al., eds ,OUP). It has also been recognised as an important contribution to research in the field of political economy, and presented in 2002 at universities of Bristol and Sheffield.

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Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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