Publication
Title
Make schools, not war? Donors' rewriting of the social contract in the DRC
Author
Abstract
The school being one of the most important faces of the state at the local level in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, investment in education can play an important role in reconstructing the social contract between the population and the state after violent conflict. However, this is particularly difficult since the state has largely retreated from the education sector since the 1980s, and education is now organised through public-private partnerships with religious networks. Moreover, schools have been turned into tax units, in response to the retreat of the state and the declining wages of school administrators. This has had a clear effect on donor interventions, which, instead of changing the current system, have become part of existing configurations and led to an expansion of the current system.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Development policy review. - London
Publication
London : 2012
ISSN
0950-6764
DOI
10.1111/J.1467-7679.2012.00594.X
Volume/pages
30 :6 (2012) , p. 681-701
ISI
000309911300002
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Publication type
Subject
Law 
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 16.10.2012
Last edited 04.03.2024
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