The World Bank, support for universities, and asymmetrical power relations in international development

Higher Education

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-205

  Collins, Christopher S ^a   Rhoads, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing nations; Higher education; International development; Knowledge economy; World Bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951111383     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9242-9     Document Type: Article

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