Aid, education and adventure: Thai women’s participation in a development scholarship scheme.

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dc.contributor.authorWild, Kirsty
dc.contributor.authorScheyvens, Regina
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-19T02:24:40Z
dc.date.available2012-10-19T02:24:40Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractDevelopment scholarships – endowments that provide individuals from so-called ‘developing’ nations with opportunities to undertake tertiary training abroad – are an historically important, yet increasingly contested, form of educational aid. However, meaningful debates about the value of this type of aid are limited by a lack of research about the impact that it has. The experience of female development scholars is a particularly neglected area of research. This article provides a qualitative exploration of the experiences of twelve Thai women who have completed a postgraduate degree through a scholarship scheme funded by the New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID). This research highlights a number of benefits associated with these schemes, including greater emotional autonomy, increased cross-cultural knowledge, new professional networks, new work skills, and improved English-language competency. Negative outcomes identified include career disruption, new unwanted work responsibilities, and dissatisfaction with aspects of life in their country of origin.en
dc.identifier.citationWild, K. & Scheyvens, R. (2012). Aid, education and adventure: Thai women’s participation in a development scholarship scheme. Palmerston North. N.Z.: Massey University. Institute of Development Studiesen
dc.identifier.issn1179-2973
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/3954
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherInstitute of Development Studies, Massey Universityen
dc.subjectDevelopmenten
dc.subjectWomenen
dc.subjectScholarshipsen
dc.subjectInternational studentsen
dc.subjectThailanden
dc.titleAid, education and adventure: Thai women’s participation in a development scholarship scheme.en
dc.typeArticleen
massey.contributor.authorWild, Kirstyen
massey.contributor.authorScheyvens, Reginaen
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