It could possibly be a sheer historical coincidence that development economics as a distinct branch of economics was being born at a time when the cold war was blossoming too. But the question as to what has subsequently happened to the fate of the sub-field along with the trajectory of the cold...

The present paper consists of a modest attempt at tracing the trajectory of the post-war dominance of neo-liberal economic perspective on higher educational policy and finance with its far-reaching ramifications with respect to contemporary trends in educational outcomes and standard. It is...