EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT - A STUDY OF DONOR AGENCY POLICIES ON EDUCATION IN SWEDEN, HOLLAND AND DENMARK

In this paper a comparative analysis is presented on bilateral donor agency policy on education in Sweden, Holland and Denmark. The focus is on the agencies' general understanding of the role of education in development and the actual trends in their support to education since the 1960s. The perspectives for the 1990s are related to the newly formulated Education for AU strategy. In the paper, the need to form a holistic view of the relative importance of the individual sub-sectors of education is emphasised together with policies which integrate education with other sectors of society. In addition, some of the possible risks of the Education for All strategy for developing countries are pointed out.