Higher Education Governance in Guinea
The World Bank’s Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Guinea in FY 2014–171 confirmed the Government’s priority to build 21st century skills for improved employability and to implement systemic reforms. Guinea is emerging from years of political...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/156411497589131009/Higher-education-governance-in-Guinea http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28053 |
| Summary: | The World Bank’s Country Partnership
Strategy (CPS) for Guinea in FY 2014–171 confirmed the
Government’s priority to build 21st century skills for
improved employability and to implement systemic reforms.
Guinea is emerging from years of political and economic
isolation and instability. The democratic election of
President Alpha Condé has opened the door for the
international donor community, including the World Bank, to
come forward and support the new government. The World Bank
will partner with the Government of Guinea to develop
systems that will ‘improve lagging human development
indicators for absolute poverty reduction, through more
efficient and transparent allocation of resources, and to
build shared prosperity by aligning the business environment
and education system with Guinea’s economy’ (World Bank,
2013, pp. 1). This is in line with the government’s
priorities, as per the Third National Poverty Reduction
Strategy Paper (PRSP3) approved in 2013. The PRSP3 aims to
reduce poverty and to create and sustain a vibrant private
economy by maximizing rents from Guinea’ssubstantial mining
sector. The Bank supports the Government’s agenda on
improving human capital by: (a) promoting both the quantity
and quality of education, and (b) upgrading skills for the
needs of emerging and export-oriented sectors such as
agriculture, tourism, mining, and telecommunications and
Information and Communications Technology (ICT). In 2012,
the Government requested special support from the Bank in
the form of technical assistance to conduct an analysis of
the higher education system. This analysis will be used to
prepare a comprehensive higher education strategy to meet
the needs of both the economy and the labor market. Since
the early 2000s, the Bank had limited involvement in this
critical sub-sector. Per the Government’s request, the Bank
mobilized resources to engage in policy and analytical work
in the areas of governance, financing, and diagnostic of
skills demand and supply from a new employer survey prepared
specifically under this technical assistance project. |
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