Description: Task Force on Higher Education and Society. The Task Force was convened by the World Bank and UNESCO and spent 18 months exploring the state of higher education in developing countries.
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"Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe." HG Wells
Welcome to the website of the Task Force on Higher Education and Society. The Task Force was convened by the World Bank and UNESCO and spent 18 months exploring the state of higher education in developing countries.
The Task Force's report, Higher Education and Developing Countries: Peril and Promise was launched on March 1st 2000 at the World Bank in Washington. On this site, you can read and download the full report, and access news on the report's launch. (French and Spanish summaries are available in the download area)