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Charles A. Goldman; Rita T. Karam; Julie Giorgadze; Kate Giglio; Jing Zhi Lim – RAND Corporation, 2024
More than ever, nations around the world understand that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills are key to driving economic growth and overall competitiveness. A compact between the United States, through the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the country of Georgia's government sought to bring international higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Cooperation, STEM Education, Partnerships in Education
Hanushek, Eric A.; Woessmann, Ludger – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2010
While many nations express a commitment to improved educational quality, education often slips down on the policy agenda. Because the benefits of educational investments are seen only in the future, it is possible to underestimate the value and the importance of improvements. This report uses recent economic modelling to relate cognitive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Thinking Skills, Economic Progress, Relationship
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1963
In a project of agricultural research, education, and advice for economic growth and development, data was obtained from 14 countries and summarized with implications for action. Chapters in the report discuss: (1) Intellectual Investment and Economic and Social Development, (2) Intellectual Investment in Agriculture, (3) Agronomic Research, (4)…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agriculture, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
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Hurabielle, Jacques P. E.; Grace, Michael G. A.; Andrews, Michael – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2002
A study examining Canadian involvement in postsecondary technical or vocational international education since the 1960s surveyed international education practitioners at 61 postsecondary institutions. Respondents felt that international education promoted economic growth in Canada and abroad and had positive effects on recipient nations. The shift…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, College Role, Economic Development, Educational History
Buvinic, Mayra; Yudelman, Sally W. – 1989
Women in developing nations often work long, grueling hours alongside men in the fields, but must also cook and keep house, rear children, and provide health care. In short, woman's multifaceted labor is key to the family's survival. It is surprising, therefore, that until the United Nations designated a Decade for Women (1976-1985) the importance…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Developing Nations, Developmental Programs, Economic Development