October 30, 1998

International Aid Groups Shift Focus to Higher Education in Developing Nations

By BURTON BOLLAG

Until recently, the World Bank and other organizations stressed assistance to primary education

As the head of a national committee that was preparing a 10-year education plan in the West African country of Mali, Lalla Ben Barka lobbied hard last year for support from the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and other donor organizations. She argued that there was a pressing need to develop her country's

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