Introduction
|Name of the Book : |Decentralization of education: why, when, what and how? |
|Authors' Name : |Noel McGinn and Thomas Welsh |
|Publishing : |Published in 1999 by the UNESCO: |
| |International Institute for Education Planning |
| |7 place de Fontenoy, F 75352 Paris 07 SP |
|Size of the Book : |Total 98 Pages including preface and bibliography |
Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record is available for the reviewed book as: • ISBN 92-803-1193-X
References • 28 books and reports are referred in, ranging from 1984 AD to 1998 AD publications.
About the Authors
Noel McGinn is Professor Emeritus of the Harvard University Graduate School of Education and Fellow Emeritus of the Harvard Institute for International Development. Most of his professional work has been on the relationship between research and policy and practice in education systems. He has published on school effectiveness, educational planning, decentralization and the impact of globalization on education. He is the co-editor of the 'Handbook of modern education and its alternatives', and editor of 'Crossing lines: Research and policy networks for developing country education'.
Thomas Welsh was formerly an Associate of the Harvard Institute for International Development and Director of the Aga Khan educational Services. He had worked in the Middle East, Africa, Indian Sub-continent, South-East Asia and the