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Toward an alternative strategy for international assistance to education

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Original language: English

Noel F. McGinn (United States of America) Professor of Education, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, where he teaches courses on educational decentralization and strategic planning. In addition, he has worked extensively as a consultant to ministries of education in a number of countries. Most of his work has focused on the utilization of research for policy making. Author (with Allison Borden) ofFraming questions, constructing answers: linking research with education policy for developing countries (1995). He recently editedCrossing lines: research and policy networks for developing country education.

In the preparation of this paper, I was greatly helped by Charles Abelmann, Erwin Epstein, Kenneth King, Steven Klees, Joel Samoff and James Williams, none of whom bear responsibility for its faults.

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McGinn, N.F. Toward an alternative strategy for international assistance to education. Prospects 27, 231–246 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02737168

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