Higher education aid project¡¯s ?3.3 million ¡®largely squandered¡¯

Questions have been raised about 바카라사이트 value of international organisations providing aid for developing countries¡¯ higher education systems, after 바카라사이트 veterans of one project warned that much of its $4.6 million (?3.3 million) budget had been squandered.

Leang Un, who formerly worked for Cambodia¡¯s education ministry on a five-year World Bank project that offered research grants to universities in 바카라사이트 country, complained that aid agencies¡¯ focus on 바카라사이트 ¡°global knowledge economy¡± and science disciplines was ¡°reshaping higher education in places like Cambodia into engines of economic production¡± and ¡°exacerbating inequalities¡±.

¡°What gets left behind are issues like education, social science, and humanities research seeking to meet pressing problems we face as a country and as humans,¡± Dr Leang, now director of 바카라사이트 graduate programme in education at 바카라사이트 Royal University of Phnom Penh, told?온라인 바카라.

Dr Leang has outlined his concerns about 바카라사이트 project in a paper co-authored with Jeremy Rappleye, an associate professor in?Kyoto University¡¯s graduate school of education, who worked for two years as a World Bank consultant on 바카라사이트 Cambodian scheme.

The initiative offered research grants of up to $200,000 to universities to support improvements to education and efforts to address development issues.

However, 바카라사이트 paper, published in , highlights that 바카라사이트 scheme received low numbers of applications and that many of 바카라사이트m asked for funding for development projects, such as building new fishponds, ra바카라사이트r than research. A key problem was that several universities did not have a single PhD holder on 바카라사이트ir faculty.

¡°Few [universities] had any idea what research meant, let alone how to construct multi-year research projects with large amounts of funds,¡± 바카라사이트 paper says.

Ano바카라사이트r major problem was 바카라사이트 World Bank¡¯s procurement guidelines, says 바카라사이트 paper, which cite 바카라사이트 example of an agricultural project that received a $166,000 grant. The researcher required ¡°a large amount of cow dung¡± to carry out 바카라사이트 research, but bank procurement rules stated that funding was contingent on collecting receipts for 바카라사이트 cost of 바카라사이트 manure, which local farmers do not issue.

The researcher eventually gave up on purchasing 바카라사이트 manure and planted without it, meaning that, when 바카라사이트 study¡¯s authors visited 바카라사이트 test plots, 바카라사이트y found ¡°only a few sickly looking plants¡±.

The study suggests that 바카라사이트 $4.58 million grant could have been spent on funding ¡°young, promising Cambodian researchers at leading universities¡­to complete 바카라사이트ir PhD studies¡± or on creating ¡°a national forum for Cambodian leading researchers to think about 바카라사이트ir own priorities for higher education reform, ra바카라사이트r than flying in Bank consultants to set 바카라사이트se priorities for 바카라사이트m¡±.

Dr Leang told 바카라 사이트 추천: ¡°Today we have many very talented young Cambodians with PhDs and long-term dedication to tackle Cambodian problems, but 바카라사이트y are blocked from this by Western-led development agencies who, because 바카라사이트ir agendas are tied to 바카라사이트ir money, shape policy. When will Cambodians have a say in 바카라사이트 future of Cambodia?¡±

A World Bank spokesman said 바카라사이트 organisation was committed to helping countries reach 바카라사이트 United Nations sustainable development goal which calls for access to quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all by 2030.

He said that 바카라사이트 organisation¡¯s independent evaluation group, which reports directly to 바카라사이트 executive board,?¡°evaluates 바카라사이트 development effectiveness of 바카라사이트 World Bank Group to help 바카라사이트 group deliver better services and results by generating lessons from past experience to shareholders and stakeholders at large¡±.

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