Higher education key to knowledge economy, World Bank President launches report by independent task force.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-2 March 2000-WORLD BANK: Higher education key to knowledge economy, World Bank President launches report by independent task force (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01032000 WASHINGTON -- Higher education in developing countries is inadequate and falling further behind, an independent panel of world experts in education and international development warned today, adding that without swift action, these countries will be unable to compete in the knowledge economy.

Higher Education in Developing Countries: Peril and Promise marks the final report of the Task Force on Higher Education and Society, an autonomous body of specialists convened two years ago by UNESCO and the World Bank. The study was launched at the World Bank's Human...