Higher education in Asian countries and the role of international ...

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Participation observation to have a inside view of the events
1.3.5 Scope of the study
This study covers the programs launched, projects implemented and assistance extended by
intergovernmental organizations, UNESCO, the World Bank and OECD, to twenty three selected
Asian countries. This study brings under consideration three selected organizations‟ roles in the
development of higher education and in the development of capacity and quality. This study will
be helpful for educationalist, policy makers, donor bodies, IGOs, NGOs, teachers, students and
scholars in the field of comparative education, economics of education, development economics,
international relations, political science and organizational studies.
1.4 Setting Parameters
While conducting the research study the researcher had to face/set some limitation and
delimitation, which helped in defining the working boundaries for this study. The researcher had
defined the following parameters to this study.
1.4.1 Limitations of the study
This research study was an attempt to show how IGOs are assisting Asian countries in the
development of higher education. The researcher was interested in applying statistical method to
drive inferences but non availability of detailed data on efficiency and effectiveness of the IGOs‟
projects and programs set a limit. So the researcher used a Mixed Model. The research on IGOs‟
role is composite, extensive and long-term process. As multiple players are involved, at the same
time, to achieve set goals so it is difficult to attribute achievement to any single player. There is a
lack of well defined measureable indicators in the evaluation of organizations‟ role. So the
researcher had to rely mainly on some measurable variables.
1.4.2 Delimitations set to the study
Studying only one program of an IGO in a single country demands a great deal of time, resources
and data. When we say role of the three selected IGOs in Asian higher education then it means
hundreds of programs and projects launched by these IGOs in forty eight Asian countries.
Certainly it is not only difficult but impossible for a single researcher to accomplish such a huge