The `knowledge-intensive development' agenda and equitable access to knowledge: higher education in Ethiopia Molla, Tebeje 2011, The `knowledge-intensive development' agenda and equitable access to knowledge: higher education in Ethiopia, World studies in education, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 35-55. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The `knowledge-intensive development' agenda and equitable access to knowledge: higher education in Ethiopia Author(s) Molla, Tebeje Journal name World studies in education Volume number 12 Issue number 2 Start page 35 End page 55 Total pages 21 Publisher James Nicholas Place of publication Melbourne, Vic Publication date 2011-01 ISSN 2201-0629 Keyword(s) Ethiopia policy higher education World Bank economic productivity inequality disadvantage Summary In light of the normative assumption of the role of knowledge in economic productivity and in response to strong exogenous policy orientations (mainly from the World Bank), the government of Ethiopia has restructured and expanded the higher education (HE) subsystem since the late 1990s. In critically analysing selected policy documents, this article seeks to understand the seemingly unlinked agendas of strengthening the role of HE in supporting the knowledge-intensive development agenda and the representation of the problem of inequality in access to and success in HE. It has been shown that the economic value of knowledge has been echoed in the reforms of Ethiopia, and that the problem of inequality has been superficially represented just as inequality of access while serious challenges that hinder participation and success of women, non-traditional students and ethnically and regionally disadvantaged groups remain unchallenged. Hence, the analysis indicates that under a situation of unequal opportunity to knowledge, the knowledge-intensive development agenda appears to be empty policy rhetoric. Notes ATTENTION ERA 2015 CLUSTER LEADERS: The Library does not currently have access to the research output associated with this record, please contact DRO staff for further information regarding access.drosupport@deakin.edu.au Language eng Field of Research 130103 Higher Education Socio Economic Objective 930501 Education and Training Systems Policies and Development HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30064069 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Education Centre for Research in Educational Futures and Innovation   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 04 Jun 2014, 14:08:23 EST Wed, 04 Jun 2014, 15:01:54 EST Thu, 12 Jun 2014, 12:41:38 EST Thu, 12 Jun 2014, 14:59:17 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 12:02:20 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 12:04:57 EST Mon, 14 Jul 2014, 09:32:29 EST Wed, 11 Feb 2015, 14:16:41 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 465 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 04 Jun 2014, 14:08:10 EST by Tebeje Mekonnen