In this chapter we examine formal education development in post-independence Kenya. We place part... more In this chapter we examine formal education development in post-independence Kenya. We place particular emphasis on key challenges to providing education of sufficient quality to assure that all Kenyan students acquire the capacities they need to participate as productive citizens in their local, national, and global communities. Our focus is on national policy initiatives for education reform that were developed under successive government leaders.
Foreword Acknowledgments Editors Contributors OVERVIEW Achieving Sustainable Development in Afric... more Foreword Acknowledgments Editors Contributors OVERVIEW Achieving Sustainable Development in Africa: A Governance Perspective Louis A. Picard and Macrina C. Lelei FOREIGN AID GOALS AND PRACTICES Human Development and the Millennium Development Goals: Donors, Aid, and Sustainability Chris Belasco, Terry F. Buss, and Louis A. Picard Aid, Institutions, and Human Development Chris Belasco, Terry F. Buss, and Louis A. Picard Millennium Development Goals and Poverty Reduction Strategies Peter Bucki, Simon Callaghan, Umair Khalid, Chris Morony, Jeremy Phillips, Ariunbilig Tsedendamba, Ana Varela, and Terry F. Buss How U.S. Africa Command Conducts Assessments N. Clark Capshaw and Jeffrey W. Bassichis SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES Why Population Dynamics Matter for Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Africa Clive Mutunga Building Local Capacity and Creating Awareness in Conserving the Mau Forest and Water Resources Joseph S. Chacha Toward Environmental Sustainability: The Case ...
Public Administration and Public Policy, Apr 22, 2015
A growing body of theory and evidence suggests that the state must do more than create an economi... more A growing body of theory and evidence suggests that the state must do more than create an economic environment for market-driven growth if markets are to deliver sustained increases in investment, production and employment to reduce poverty. The contemporary focus on good governance reforms in developing countries is based on developing market-enhancing governance capabilities of states. If successful, this type of governance should make markets more efficient. However, the evidence in support of these reforms is poor. The cross-sectional evidence can be used to extract some support for the importance of market-enhancing governance, but the data is weak and can support a number of different results. The evidence that is available is presented in this paper, and we argue that it actually supports the view that 'good governance' reforms are difficult to implement in any developing country. Rapidly growing countries in general did not enjoy better market-enhancing governance conditions compared to the others. If some developing countries nevertheless did very well in terms of sustained convergence, they must have had some other governance capabilities that allowed them to achieve this.
In this chapter we examine formal education development in post-independence Kenya. We place part... more In this chapter we examine formal education development in post-independence Kenya. We place particular emphasis on key challenges to providing education of sufficient quality to assure that all Kenyan students acquire the capacities they need to participate as productive citizens in their local, national, and global communities. Our focus is on national policy initiatives for education reform that were developed under successive government leaders.
Foreword Acknowledgments Editors Contributors OVERVIEW Achieving Sustainable Development in Afric... more Foreword Acknowledgments Editors Contributors OVERVIEW Achieving Sustainable Development in Africa: A Governance Perspective Louis A. Picard and Macrina C. Lelei FOREIGN AID GOALS AND PRACTICES Human Development and the Millennium Development Goals: Donors, Aid, and Sustainability Chris Belasco, Terry F. Buss, and Louis A. Picard Aid, Institutions, and Human Development Chris Belasco, Terry F. Buss, and Louis A. Picard Millennium Development Goals and Poverty Reduction Strategies Peter Bucki, Simon Callaghan, Umair Khalid, Chris Morony, Jeremy Phillips, Ariunbilig Tsedendamba, Ana Varela, and Terry F. Buss How U.S. Africa Command Conducts Assessments N. Clark Capshaw and Jeffrey W. Bassichis SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES Why Population Dynamics Matter for Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Africa Clive Mutunga Building Local Capacity and Creating Awareness in Conserving the Mau Forest and Water Resources Joseph S. Chacha Toward Environmental Sustainability: The Case ...
Public Administration and Public Policy, Apr 22, 2015
A growing body of theory and evidence suggests that the state must do more than create an economi... more A growing body of theory and evidence suggests that the state must do more than create an economic environment for market-driven growth if markets are to deliver sustained increases in investment, production and employment to reduce poverty. The contemporary focus on good governance reforms in developing countries is based on developing market-enhancing governance capabilities of states. If successful, this type of governance should make markets more efficient. However, the evidence in support of these reforms is poor. The cross-sectional evidence can be used to extract some support for the importance of market-enhancing governance, but the data is weak and can support a number of different results. The evidence that is available is presented in this paper, and we argue that it actually supports the view that 'good governance' reforms are difficult to implement in any developing country. Rapidly growing countries in general did not enjoy better market-enhancing governance conditions compared to the others. If some developing countries nevertheless did very well in terms of sustained convergence, they must have had some other governance capabilities that allowed them to achieve this.
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