FreshEd #234 – UNESCO, the World Bank, and Education Development (Maren Elfert)
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What's So Important About UNESCO and the World Bank?
The rise of the World Bank, I would argue, led to a homogenization of the field of development and the colonization of education by economics. And there are other examples, you know, for this epistemic power that the World Bank had over UNESCO. So also in education for all, UNESCO was overpowered by the World Bank. The global partnership for education emerged from the World Bank's Fast Track Initiative.
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