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Tertiary Education for Economic Growth in the South Caucasus: Challenges and Opportunities

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dc.contributor.authorGeven, K.
dc.contributor.authorPuga, F.
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-09T16:57:24Z
dc.date.available2024-12-09T16:57:24Z
dc.date.issued2024-12-09
dc.description.abstractPolicymakers in the South Caucasus region all know a difficult truth: the performance of their universities is disappointing. None of the institutions in the region can boast of a world-class status; none reach a meaningful rank in any of the university rankings. The countries’ institutions, on aggregate, perform much below what is expected given the level of economic development. This report aims to help policymakers in ministries of economic affairs, ministries of finance, and ministries of education understand this sector of national importance. Even more importantly, it hopes to convince the leaders of the tertiary education institutions themselves to take on challenges facing this sector more decisively. The focus of the report is on tertiary education as a source of economic growth, recognizing that tertiary education has other important spillover effects. There is plenty of evidence that tertiary education also helps societies beyond economic returns in terms of improved health, resilience, awareness of climate change, and better-governed societies. Scientific research is a global public good in and of itself, whether it helps societies to understand their cultural traditions better or helps them to find a cure for cancer. These non-economic returns do not, by definition, contrast with economic returns: non-economic and economic returns require accessible, high-quality, relevant, well-funded tertiary education systems that combine teaching and research.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099111424113059689/P50097118f375e00d1997e11998430c9e61
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/42512
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42512
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectQUALITY EDUCATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectEDUCATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectDECENT WORK
dc.subjectEDUCATION AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.titleTertiary Education for Economic Growth in the South Caucasusen
dc.title.subtitleChallenges and Opportunitiesen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.date.disclosure2024-12-09
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-14T11:51:18.691199Z
okr.date.lastmodified2024-11-14T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099111424113059689/P50097118f375e00d1997e11998430c9e61
okr.guid099111424113059689
okr.identifier.docmidP500971-8f375e64-03de-4e0d-997e-1998430c9e61
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34422582
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34422582
okr.identifier.report194762
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099111424113059689/pdf/P50097118f375e00d1997e11998430c9e61.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeEurope and Central Asia
okr.region.administrativeEurope and Central Asia
okr.region.geographicalEastern Europe
okr.region.geographicalCentral Asia
okr.topicEducation::Knowledge for Development
okr.topicEducation::Curriculum & Instruction
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Growth
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Skills Development and Labor Force Training
okr.unitEducation ECA (HECED)
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