The World Bank and the Brazilian Educational Policies

Abstract

The
paper analyzes the document prepared by the World Bank Achieving a
World-Class Education In Brazil: The Next Agenda, which performs an assessment
of the last twenty years of educational policies implemented in
Brazil, and outlines perspectives for the coming years, according to the
Bank’s conception of education and society. This international body assesses
as positive the character of the implemented educational policies
and the results achieved in the indicated period. The criteria of the evaluation,
the assessment, and the outlined perspective by the World Bank on
Brazilian education are questioned and problematized.