Resúmenes de los trabajos presentados al Seminario organizado por el Instituto de Desarrollo Económico y la División de Educación y Empleo, Departamento de Población y Recursos Humanos del Banco Mundial, con el Instituto de Estrategia y Estudios Internacionales, Malasia.

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Foreword -- Abbreviations -- 1. Report on the seminar / Angela Ransom, Siew-Mun Khoo, Viswanathan Selvaratnam -- 2. Keynote address: higher education and economic development / I. G. Patel -- 3. Improvement and innovation in higher education / Adriaan M. Verspoor -- 4. The university system: engine of development in the new world economy / Manuel Castells.

This report is the result of a seminar held to solicit comments on important issues raised in a number of papers presented. The purpose was to obtain information on countries ' s experiences in resolving problems in the higher education sector; to widen the analysis and understanding of possible policy options for the Bank ' s research and lending programs for higher education development; and to help the Bank develop higher education policies through sharing ideas and experiences across a wide range of countries. The main themes covered are: access to higher education; financing; relationship between government and higher education institutions; the role of higher education in developing science and technology; and the role of evaluation.