Education

Assessing aid to education in fragile states

This journal article presents a framework for assessing the effectiveness of education aid in fragile states, which is then used to examine four approaches to delivering education aid: sector-wide approaches; trust funds; social funds; and, UN-led approaches. The paper analyses the impact on education sector outcomes in particular fragile states contexts, and identifies lessons learned.

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Expensive funerals cause household hardship: ( A. Case;A. Menendez / National Bureau of Economic Research, USA , 2009); In Southern Africa, funerals are generally considered an individual’s most important rite of passage and households may spend the equivalent of a year’s income for an adult’s funeral...
What is the impact of conflict on women's education, employment and health care?: ( A. McDevitt / Governance and Social Development Resource Centre , 2009); Conflict restricts women’s freedom of movement. The subsequent impact on education, employment and health care is hard, therefore, to dispute but are these effects universal?&n...
Preventing school-related gender-based violence: ( US Agency for International Development , 2009); Violence in and around schools is a worldwide problem with serious implications for the educational attainment, health and well-being of all children. This Doorways training programme was designed ...
Assessing aid to education in fragile states: ( C. Berry / Journal of Education for International Development , 2009); This journal article presents a framework for assessing the effectiveness of education aid in fragile states which is derived from three key aspects of aid effectiveness identified in the Principles f...
Orphanhood and chronic poverty in Indonesia: how do these factors impact on education and health?: ( D. Suryadarma;Y. M. Pakpahan;A. Suryahadi / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK , 2009); What are the impacts of of parental death and chronic poverty on children's education and health in Indonesia? This paper estimates the short- and long-term effects of maternal and paternal death on c...
Impacts of parental death on the schooling and well-being of children in Ethiopia: ( R. Himaz / Young Lives , 2009); This paper investigates whether the death of a parent during middle childhood affects child schooling and subjective well-being (SWB) in Ethiopia. The data comes from two rounds of the Young Lives sur...
Tools for teaching journalism in MENA: ( UNESCO Communication and Information Sector (Webworld) , 2008); Following the publication by UNESCO of a Model Curricula for journalism education, this wiki platform is a tool to adapt the programme to teaching journalism in Arabic and French. Designed as a generi...
Lessons learned on integrating disaster risk education into national school curricula: ( International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) , 2007); This report presents an overview of the campaign “Disaster risk reduction begins at school” and the lessons learned from good practice in different countries affected by various natural an...
Using knowledge and education systems to build safety and resilience at all levels: ( J. Campbell;R. Yates / International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) , 2006); The paper is based on the one of the core components of Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015 - the ‘use of knowledge and education systems to build a culture of safety and resilience at al...
Exploring the impact of disasters on the education sector in Lao: ( L. Rego;S. Bhatia;M. Gyi / Asian Disaster Preparedness Center , 2008); The study highlights the impact of natural disasters on education in Lao. It analyses the integration of disaster risk reduction (DRR) into the school curriculum and the present and future way...