Colclough, Christopher

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Name (Latin)
Colclough, Christopher
Other forms of name
Colclough, C. L. (Christopher L.)
Colclough, Christopher L
Date of birth
1946-07-10
Date of death
2017-06-28
Field of activity
Development economics
Education--Economic aspects
Occupation
Economists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 71471226
Wikidata: Q33110321
Library of congress: n 79150976
TAU10: 000372941
Sources of Information
  • Guardian WWW site, viewed July 17, 2017(Christopher Colclough; Christopher Louis Colclough, development economist, born 10 July 1946, Glossop, Derbyshire; died 28 June 2017; did much to shape the course of education in developing countries; gained a diploma in development economics and a doctorate at Cambridge University; after working in Botswana in the Ministry of Finance and Development (1971-75), he was appointed a fellow at the Institute of Development Studies of Sussex University, where he became a professorial fellow in 1994; between 1993 and 2000, he undertook a long-term policy advisory role in South Africa; working initially with the ANC until transition, and then with the new post-apartheid ministry, he helped design a new framework for education, moving from a system with excessive expenditure allocated to the schooling of white children to one of equal subsidies for all; in 2002 he was appointed by Unesco as founding director of the Education for All global monitoring report; in 2005 Christopher was appointed professor of the economics of education at Cambridge University, and director of a new research centre for Commonwealth education)
  • His The pol. econ. of Botswana, 1980:CIP galley t.p. (Christopher Colclough) CIP data sheet (fellow of Institute of Development Studies, Univ. of Sussex) copyright statement (C. L. Colclough)
  • Public sector pay and adjustment, 1997:CIP t.p. (Christopher Colclough) data sheet (b. 07-10-46)