Simon McGrath

TL;DR: The authors argue that the current approach to VET is grounded in an outmoded model of development, whilst the academic critique of VET in developing countries is clearly long outdated, and examine the implications for VET of recent trends in thinking about development through the exploration of three particular theoretical approaches: human rights, capabilities and integrated human development.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine how well South African higher education is positioned to contribute to economic development through a consideration of two case studies from astronomy and automotives, highlighting the importance of the intersection between global, national, sectoral and spatial dimensions of the education-economic development relationship.

TL;DR: The Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa (AsgiSA) as discussed by the authors is a new development strategy designed to help the South African state meet the ANC's 2004 election pledges, namely: • halve unemployment;• halve poverty;• accelerate employment equity; and• improve broad-based black economic empowerment.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss knowledge sharing in the context of knowledge-based aid and its implications for knowledge, aid and development in the Swedish approach to development cooperation and Japanese aid policy and practice.

TL;DR: The authors examines key elements of the debate about small and micro enterprises (SMEs) from the perspective of the current poverty-growth debate and in the specific context of Africa, and discusses the potential role of education, training and technology in SME development.