States and Public Policy
A Comparative Analysis of University Reforms in East Africa
Why did students start paying tuition fees at African universities? How did public universities become increasingly expensive for the large numbers of young people they are supposed to be educating? This book helps us to understand the reasons for this, and reminds us that change is always the result of political compromise. The author examines the higher education reforms carried out since the 1980s in four East African countries with unique historical and political trajectories: Uganda, Kenya,...
Note de l’éditeur
This book is the English translation of: Olivier Provini. Etats et politiques publiques. Analyse comparée des réformes universitaires en Afrique de l’Est (Pessac: Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2023).
The translation and the publication was funded by the FAPPA programme – Faire des Politiques Publiques en Afrique (“Making Public Policy in Africa”, Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Agence française de développement, and Sciences po Bordeaux), the “Open Science for African Studies” project (FNSO2), and IFRA-Nairobi.
The printed version is published by Mkuki na Nyota. It can be bought at:
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Éditeur : Africae, Mkuki na Nyota, Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux
Lieu d’édition : Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Pessac
Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 3 novembre 2025
ISBN numérique : 978-2-493207-34-0
Collection : Africae Monographs
Année d’édition : 2025
ISBN (Édition imprimée) : 978-9987-686-08-7
Nombre de pages : 219
Pauline Ravinet
ForewordWhy did students start paying tuition fees at African universities? How did public universities become increasingly expensive for the large numbers of young people they are supposed to be educating? This book helps us to understand the reasons for this, and reminds us that change is always the result of political compromise. The author examines the higher education reforms carried out since the 1980s in four East African countries with unique historical and political trajectories: Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi. Through a rigorous, well-documented analysis, Olivier Provini provides valuable insights into the fundamental political issues facing development actors in the South: the transformation of state intervention, the training of national elites, and the marketing of the education sector, particularly through the highly political issue of school fees.
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