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Education Localization for Optimizing Globalization’s Opportunities and Challenges in Africa

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With decreasing diversity in societies in the world today, the dramatic impact of globalization on education has resulted in deprivation of opportunity that enhances human capabilities, as well as human development challenges. Globalization has led to internationalization of higher education in Africa, but countries do not have the resources to meet the exploding demand without compromising quality or equity.

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  1. David O. McKay School of Education, Brigham Young University, United States

    Macleans A. Geo-JaJa Ph.D. (Professor of Economics and Education/Fulbright Senior Specialist Fellow)

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Geo-JaJa, M.A. (2013). Education Localization for Optimizing Globalization’s Opportunities and Challenges in Africa. In: Majhanovich, S., Geo-JaJa, M.A. (eds) Economics, Aid and Education. The World Council of Comparative Education Societies. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-365-2_11

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