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The Strange Non-Death of Neoliberal Privatization in The World Bank’s Education Strategy 2020

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The World Bank and Education

Part of the book series: Comparative and International Education ((CIEDV,volume 14))

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In 2012, the World Bank Group will celebrate half a century of engagement in the field of education development (Jones, 2007). And, while “… arguably the most prestigious and … most powerful producer … of international development knowledge” (Berger & Beeson, 1998, p. 487), to many observers, the Bank’s pro-poor achievements, especially over the past quarter of a century, have been way too few. Instead, since the 1980s and the turn to “neoliberalism” as the ideological paradigm guiding development, World Bank policy has had detrimental outcomes for economic growth and global social equality.

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  1. Centre for Globalisation, Education and Societies, University of Bristol, U.K.

    Susan L. Robertson

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  1. University of Maryland, U.S.A.

    Steven J. Klees

  2. Stanford University, U.S.A.

    Joel Samoff

  3. University of Maryland, U.S.A.

    Nelly P. Stromquist

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Robertson, S.L. (2012). The Strange Non-Death of Neoliberal Privatization in The World Bank’s Education Strategy 2020. In: Klees, S.J., Samoff, J., Stromquist, N.P. (eds) The World Bank and Education. Comparative and International Education, vol 14. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-903-9_13

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