Books written by Simon McGrath
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Knowledge for Development?: Comparing British, Japanese, Swedish and World Bank Aid
Cornia, A., R. Jolly and F. Stewart (1987) Adjustment with a Human Face, New York: UNICEF. Crewe, E. and E. Harrison (1998) ... Denning, S. (2001) 'Knowledge sharing in the North and South', in W. Gmelin, K. King and S. McGrath (eds.) ...
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Globalisation, Enterprise and Knowledge: education, training and development in Africa
The former US Secretary of Labour, Robert Reich, sums up the argument: the standard of living of a nation's people increasingly depends on what they contribute to the world economy — on the value of their skills and insights.
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Knowledge for Development?: Comparing British, Japanese, Swedish and World Bank Aid
Early in the literature on globalisation, Robert Reich (1991) produced an account called The Work of Nations, designed to be the definitive account of the new model of economic organisation in the same way as Adam Smith's Wealth of ...
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Handbook of Vocational Education and Training: Developments in the Changing World of Work
This handbook brings together and promotes research on the area of vocational education and training (VET).
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Education and Development
This book explores the place of education in development debates and provides a systematic and a theoretical overview of the main approaches to the subject.
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Routledge Handbook of International Education and Development
Indeed, in some developing countries, the rich have more in common with their counterparts in developed economies that ... where the knowledge of craft workers was captured by management, codified and re-engineered in the shape of the ...
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Camping with Kids
With hundreds of activities based on traditional camping favourites but updated for modern families, kids will love the ideas on getting back to nature, learning survival skills, weatherwatching, cooking and storytelling - and they'll learn ...
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Routledge Handbook of International Education and Development
Education and Political Development. Princeton University Press, Princeton. Davies, L., 1995. International indicators of democratic schools. In: Harber, C. (Ed.) Developing Democratic Education. Education Now, Ticknall.
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Skills for Human Development: Transforming Vocational Education and Training
Crime and local inequality in South Africa. Policy Research Paper 2925. Washington, DC: World Bank. Department of Basic Education (2011). Draft School Sports Policy. Pretoria: Department of Basic Education.
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Skills for Human Development: Transforming Vocational Education and Training
Offering a transformative vision for skills development, this book: Considers the potential contribution skills development could make to broader human development, as well as to economic development Points to an alternative approach to the ...
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Transitioning Vocational Education and Training in Africa: A Social Skills Ecosystem Perspective
... Education, 5(3): 302–15. Wedekind, V. (2016) 'A climate for change? Vertical and horizontal collegial relations in TVET colleges', in A. Kraak, A. Paterson and K. Boka (eds) Change Management in TVET Colleges, Cape Town: African Minds ...