The World Bank,support for universities,and asymmetrical power relations in international development |
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| Authors: | Christopher S Collins Robert A Rhoads |
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| Institution: | (1) Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, UCLA, 3141 Moore Hall, Box # 951521, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1521, USA |
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| Abstract: | This article examines the role of the World Bank in advancing higher education sectors in the developing world, considering
in particular the increasing power and strength of a global knowledge-based economy. Given the powerful role that intergovernmental
organizations such as the World Bank play in shaping global economic policies, the authors are concerned about how the Bank’s
policies and actions may limit knowledge generation and capacity building of universities in the developing world. Relatedly,
the authors use case studies of the Bank’s involvement in Thailand and Uganda to better understand the role it plays in producing
and reproducing forms of global hegemony. The authors discuss hegemony in terms of neocolonialism and neoliberalism. Neocolonialism
is described as forms of domination advanced by powerful nations and their institutions, while neoliberalism is understood
as an economic ideology by which weaker nations may be brought into greater alignment with global trade initiatives. |
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