This introductory editorial reviews outcomes of the ERNWACA and NORRAG 2004 Critical Perspectives regional seminar on education in West and Central Africa. It then alludes to challenges education researchers face in Africa, referring to the case of the 2004 World Bank study on skills development in Africa.

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 Editorial by Kathryn Toure, ERNWACA Regional Coordinator, September 2005, for NORRAG News, No. 35, on Critical Perspectives on Gender, Education, and Skills in West and Central Africa at Basic and Post-Basic Levels