INVESTMENT CLIMATE AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH FUND (ICBE)
This fund will make available up to US$2.8 million for researchers in private sector
development based in African universities, business schools and independent research institutions.
Previously, development efforts focused solely on primary and
secondary education, while higher education was largely ignored. GBSN
is working because it is addressing unmet needs.
A competitive and vibrant
post-secondary educational system in any country is a critical precursor to ensuring that
the workforce of tomorrow will possess the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to
create and manage new businesses, to privatize and restructure existing enterprises, and
to regulate business activity effectively-all elements of a robust private sector.
-"Assessment of Graduate Management Education", William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan Business School (2003)
