LEADER 03052oam 22004335 450 001 9910796503603321 005 20180504125354.0 010 $a1-4648-1051-6 024 7 $a10.1596/978-1-4648-1050-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000001040094 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5124757 035 $a(The World Bank)211050 035 $a(US-djbf)211050 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000001040094 100 $a20020129d2017 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSharing Higher Education's Promise beyond the Few in Sub-Saharan Africa /$fPeter Darvas 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cThe World Bank,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (118 pages) 225 1 $aDirections in Development;Directions in Development - Human Development 311 $a1-4648-1050-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 3 $aDespite a spectacular expansion of the higher education sector in Sub-Saharan Africa, the supply of tertiary education has generally failed to keep pace with demand and the region continues to lag all other regions in terms of access to tertiary education. This is in part a consequence of deeply entrenched patterns of inequitable access to higher education, and the perpetuation of what researchers refer to as "elite systems". To date, access to tertiary education in Sub-Saharan Africa has unduly benefitted students drawn from the region's wealthiest households, and overall enrollment remains disproportionately male, and metropolitan. These factors stifle the catalytic potential of higher education, corroding its potential for driving economic growth and sustaining poverty reduction. Instead, patterns of access to tertiary education have generally reinforced and reproduced social inequality, instead of eroding its pernicious social and economic effects. This report aims to inform an improved understanding of equity in tertiary enrollment in Sub-Saharan African countries, and to examine the extent to which inequity functions as a bottleneck inhibiting the ability of African universities to effectively drive improvements in overall quality of life and economic competitiveness. In our survey of the evidence, we also aim to identify which policies most effectively address the challenge of promoting equity of access in SSA tertiary education systems. In order to achieve these objectives, the report collects, generates and analyzes empirical evidence on patterns of equity, examines the underlying causes of inequity, and evaluates government policies for addressing inequity. 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aEducation, Higher$zAfrica 615 0$aEducation, Higher 676 $a378.6 700 $aDarvas$b Peter$01142803 702 $aDarvas$b Pe?ter 801 0$bDJBF 801 1$bDJBF 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796503603321 996 $aSharing Higher Education's Promise beyond the Few in Sub-Saharan Africa$93743346 997 $aUNINA