1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910484153803321

Titolo

Emerging International Dimensions in East Asian Higher Education / / edited by Akiyoshi Yonezawa, Yuto Kitamura, Arthur Meerman, Kazuo Kuroda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

9789401788229

9401788227

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Disciplina

378.016

Soggetti

Education, Higher

International education

Comparative education

Higher Education

International and Comparative Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preface: Akiyoshi Yonezawa, Yuto Kitamura, Arthur Meerman and Kazuo Kuroda --  Chapter 1: The Emergence of International Dimensions in East Asian Higher Education: Pursuing Regional and Global Development:  Akiyoshi Yonezawa, Yuto Kitamura, Arthur Meerman and Kazuo Kuroda -- Chapter 2: Higher Education as a Public Good in a Marketized East Asian Environment: Simon Marginson -- Chapter 3: Asian Research: The Role of Universities: William K. Cummings -- Chapter 4: The Institutional Prospects of Cross-Border Higher Education for East Asian Regional Integration: An Analysis of the JICA Survey of Leading Universities in East Asia: Kazuo Kuroda, Takako Yuki and Kyuwon Kang -- Chapter 5: The Harmonization of Higher Education in Southeast Asia: Supachai Yavaprabhas -- Chapter 6: China-ASEAN Relations in Higher Education: An Analytical Framework: Anthony Welch: Chapter 7: The Regionalization of Higher Education in Northeast Asia: Kiyong Byun and Sangheon Um -- Chapter 8: Subregional Collaboration in Higher Education: Harmonization and Networking in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS): Yasushi Hirosato



-- Chapter 9: The Impact of Inter-University Exchange and Cooperation on Doctoral Programs in Southeast Asia: Naoki Umemiya, Akiyoshi Yonezawa, Toyohiko Yogo and Kazuo Tsutsumi -- Chapter 10: Tied to the Family and Bound to the Labor Market: Understanding Chinese Student Mobility in Japan: Gracia Liu-Farrer -- Chapter 11: Education for Sustainable Development at Universities in Japan: Yuto Kitamura and Naoko Hoshii -- Chapter 12: Japanese Universities’ Strategic Approach to Internationalization: Accomplishments and Challenges: Hiroshi Ota -- Conclusion -- Akiyoshi Yonezawa, Yuto Kitamura, Arthur Meerman and Kazuo Kuroda -- List of Contributors.

Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses emerging roles and functions of higher education and the implications for higher education as a public good in a context of globalization and regionalization. Increases in the mobility of students, faculty and researchers across national borders and in the number and variety of cross-border linkages among higher education institutions have challenged the understanding of higher education as a public good in a single nation. At the same time, the increased privatization and marketization brought by globalization have provided new opportunities and vulnerabilities in markets no longer defined solely by national borders and governed only by national policy. The financial crisis of 2008 underscored these vulnerabilities, highlighting both the inter-dependence of economies and institutions but also the increasing multi-polarities of influence in higher education. In parallel with increased student mobility globally is an increase in regional mobility of students, who are attracted to new centers of knowledge and research. As institutional quality is increasingly understood in a global context, universities from new regions of the world are moving to the top of world rankings at the same time that competition for students among lower ranking institutions has extended beyond traditional borders. In a variety of ways, individuals and institutions are increasingly looking to regional neighbors for students, opportunities for study, as well as instit utional partnerships and collaboration.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151745503321

Autore

Lundgren Charlotte

Titolo

Boom, Bust or Prosperity? Managing Sub-Saharan Africa’s Natural Resource Wealth / / Charlotte Lundgren, Alun Thomas, Robert York

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2013

ISBN

9781475579413

1475579411

9781484385944

1484385942

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (91 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ThomasAlun

YorkRobert

Soggetti

Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics

Environmental and Ecological Economics: General

Environmental management

Expenditure

Expenditures, Public

Fiscal Policy

Fiscal policy

Fiscal stance

Macroeconomics

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures

Natural Resources

Natural resources

Other Public Investment and Capital Stock

Public finance & taxation

Public Finance

Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP)

Public investment spending

Public investments

Public-private sector cooperation

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Lingua di pubblicazione

Portoghese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Sizeable natural resource endowments and potentially large financial inflows from their extraction provide an unparalleled opportunity for economic growth and development in a growing number of sub-Saharan African countries. Empirical evidence suggests, however, that translating this resource wealth into stronger economic performance and a higher standard of living has proven challenging. Much has been written about the resource curse. This publication focuses on solutions to the challenges and outlines the main policy considerations and options in managing natural resource wealth, drawing on experience within and outside sub-Saharan Africa and referring closely to the latest analysis and policy advice in this area by the IMF, the World Bank, and leading academic research. A key feature of each chapter is a recommended reading list for those who wish additional, more in-depth material on these issues to further inform policymakers and other stakeholders on the theoretical and analytical underpinnings of the policy advice.