New Partnerships and Education Policy in Asia and the Pacific’, part of a special issue on new partnerships in aid and education

Elizabeth Cassity

doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.03.015

New Partnerships and Education Policy in Asia and the Pacific’, part of a special issue on new partnerships in aid and education

Elizabeth Cassity

Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Abstract

 Forming more effective partnerships with national governments in the Asia-Pacific region has been an
 important policy focus for the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) since 2006.
 AusAID is increasingly engaging in sector-wide approaches and working through partner government
 systems. This paper explores how new partnerships are impacting education policy in the vastly
 different contexts of Lao PDR, Vanuatu, Indonesia, and the Philippines from 2006 to 2009. Conclusions
 are that policy discourse and current practice indicate an active effort to develop partnerships in
 education with donors and partner governments. But the reality in the field is that while sector-wide
 approaches are outlined in policy discourse, practice indicates loosely harmonized arrangements with
 like-minded donors, and slow progress toward sector-wide involvement.

Original language	English
Journal	International Journal of Educational Development
Volume	30
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.03.015
Publication status	Published - Sept 2010

Keywords

Australian aid
Education policy
Educational development
Sector-wide approaches
South Pacific
Southeast Asia

Disciplines

Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

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