Higher Education and economic development: the importance of building technological capabilities

In this chapter we offer an alternative account of how higher education contributes to skills and economic development. While we acknowledge that there is more to the developmental impact of higher education that economic development alone.

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Human Science Research Council SA
Published
2026-05-23
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https://doi.org/10.14749/32380515
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Global Education Systems and Policies
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Higher Education and economic development: the importance of building technological capabilities

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Global Education Systems and Policies
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Higher Education and economic development: the importance of building technological capabilities

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Abstract

In this chapter we offer an alternative account of how higher education contributes to skills and economic development. While we acknowledge that there is more to the developmental impact of higher education that economic development alone.

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Decent work and economic growth
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Global Education Systems and Policies
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