What is the impact of globalization in the fields of education, culture and knowledge sharing?
New technologies can support cultural diversity by making it easier for communities to express themselves. But globalization has sometimes been pushed too fast and in an inappropriate way, threatening the stability of existing cultures. Many societies have traditional ways of handling social support, but sometimes international institutions have come in with assistance programmes that undermine those local systems. In your book, you insist on the tremendous impact that a good education policy can have on development. I would distinguish very strongly between the position of the World Bank and the position of the IMF. The World Bank actually supports educational projects in many countries around the world. I saw some very successful education programmes first hand for instance in Colombia, where they developed a curriculum that facilitated migrant workers children. In Ethiopia they were thinking very hard how to redesign a curriculum to reflect the needs of people in that country. On th
