Abstract
O artigo trata da estranha "não morte do neoliberalismo" (Crouch, 2011), referencial ideológico que permanece entre as prioridades das políticas do setor educacional do Banco Mundial (BM). Analisam-se, para exemplificar esse fenômeno, dois relatórios da estratégia do setor educacional, Education Sector Strategy 1999 (Banco Mundial, 1999) e Education Strategy 2020 (Banco Mundial, 2011), usados para orientar as operações do BM na área da educação. Focam-se particularmente as maneiras como um setor privado expandido, juntamente com a Corporação Financeira Internacional (International Finance Corporation - IFC) (o braço investidor do setor privado do BM), é promovido como detentor do conhecimento e da capacidade para atuar num papel mais central na educação enquanto um "mercado emergente". Dessa forma, o artigo centra sua crítica na questão das parcerias público-privadas (PPPs), refletindo sobre o neoliberalismo enquanto projeto político e sobre o paradoxo de seus visíveis fracassos, ao menos por ora, parecerem inspirar rodadas mais avançadas de engenhosidade neoliberal no setor educacional.
This paper discusses the strange "non-death of neo-liberalism" (Crouch, 2011) in the Bank's education sector policy priorities. A key point of entry will be the two education sector strategy reports, Education Sector Strategy 1999 (World Bank, 1999) and the Education Strategy 2020 (World Bank, 2011), to guide the Bank's education operations. The article focuses particularly on the ways in which an expanded private sector, together with the International Finance Corporation (the Bank's private sector investment arm) are promoted as having the knowledge, and capacity, to play a more central role in education as "an emerging market".Thus, the paper criticizes public private partnerships (PPPs), reflecting on neo-liberalism as a political project, and on the apparent paradox that, for the moment at least, its manifest failures seem to animate further rounds of neoliberal ingenuity in the education sector.
This paper discusses the strange "non-death of neo-liberalism" (Crouch, 2011) in the Bank's education sector policy priorities. A key point of entry will be the two education sector strategy reports, Education Sector Strategy 1999 (World Bank, 1999) and the Education Strategy 2020 (World Bank, 2011), to guide the Bank's education operations. The article focuses particularly on the ways in which an expanded private sector, together with the International Finance Corporation (the Bank's private sector investment arm) are promoted as having the knowledge, and capacity, to play a more central role in education as "an emerging market".Thus, the paper criticizes public private partnerships (PPPs), reflecting on neo-liberalism as a political project, and on the apparent paradox that, for the moment at least, its manifest failures seem to animate further rounds of neoliberal ingenuity in the education sector.
Translated title of the contribution | The strange non-death of neoliberal privatisation in the world bank's education strategy 2020 |
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Original language | Portuguese |
Pages (from-to) | 283-493 |
Number of pages | 211 |
Journal | Revista Brasileira de Educacao |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 50 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- Education
- Neoliberalism
- PPP
- Privatization
- World bank