This study investigates the effect of foreign aid on education and lifelong learning in 53 African countries for the … period 1996-2010. Three main issues are assessed, notably: (i) the effect of aid on education; (ii) the incremental impact of … aid on education and (iii) the effect of aid on lifelong learning. Lifelong learning is measured as the combined knowledge …

The total return to higher education is the rate of return based on earnings plus non-monetary private and social … benefits beyond earnings that captures higher education's contribution to development.A theory of endogenous development offers … a new scholarly contribution where firm and household production with education externalities and the endogeneity of new …

learning in Africa. Practical implications- As a policy implication, when faced with aid uncertainty, the demand for education … education as means of copping with uncertainty. Moreover, the findings indirectly confirm a stream of the literature sustaining …

Purpose - Education as a weapon in the fight against conflict and violence remains widely debated in policy and … stability/ non-violence is linked to the incremental, synergy and lifelong learning effects of education. Design …/methodology/approach - We define lifelong learning as the combined knowledge acquired during primary, secondary and tertiary education …

After decades of decline, African higher education is now arguably in a new era of revival. With the prevalence of … education with poverty reduction plans and strategies. Research capacity has become a critical development issue; and widening … participation to doctoral education is seen as an instrument for enhancing this capacity. Against this backdrop, this paper presents …

, when faced with aid uncertainty, the demand for education would increase. This may be explained by the need for more … selfreliance in order to mitigate income risks or/and the use of education as means of coping with uncertainty. More policy …

In 2000, Higher Education in Developing Countries: Peril and Promise was published. This report, cosponsored by The … World Bank and UNESCO, came at a time of transition in higher education worldwide and helped shape higher education policy …