Education

insights #81, June 2010

Educational inclusion relates to all children accessing and meaningfully participating in quality education, in ways that respond to their individual needs. This edition of insights shows some of the complexities of inclusion across international, national and local contexts and highlight a range of exclusions and actions needed to improve inclusive practices in these contexts.

Building sustainable higher education

insights education 7, September 2008

With the growing knowledge economy, higher education is no longer seen as a luxury that developing countries cannot afford, but a critical element of national development. Countries must become globally competitive through skills training, given that good quality products and services are crucial in the fight for global profits.

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Do men matter? New horizons in gender and development: id21 insights, issue 35: ( id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2000); Why do men not feature more in gender and development policy? The shift in emphasis from Women in Development (WID) to Gender and Development (GAD), from enumerating and redressing women’s di...
Achievements and challenges of ethical trade: ( id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2001); Ethical trade as an approach to supply chain management has mushroomed in recent years. Northern companies are becoming increasingly concerned with the ‘ethics’ of their operations and ...
Looking at the impact of public private partnerships (PPPs) on urban water supply: ( id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2001); Can private enterprise supply water to the poor? Over 170 million people have no access to clean water in urban areas of Africa, Asia and Latin America, according to the latest WHO/UNICEF dat...
A look at how the poor can influence the agenda of the institutions of urban governance: ( id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2001); By 2020 the world’s urban population will rise by almost 1.5 billion. Cities and towns house a growing
proportion of poor people, partly because of the increased share of urban populati...
Rather than being separate, aid and politics should be ‘coherent’; they should work together rather than against each other: ( id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002); Aid and politics have always been connected. During the Cold War, for example, investment flows, development efforts and humanitarian assistance tended to reflect the changing pattern of superpower...

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Getting rights right - Is access to justice as important as access to health or education?: id21 insights, issue 43: ( id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002); A core government function is to provide an effective system of justice for its citizens. Yet many governments fail to deliver on the basic services of protecting physical safety, securing personal...
id21 insights education 6. More and better teachers needed: achieving quality education for all: ( id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2007); This issue of id21 insights education looks at a range of issues affecting teachers and the kinds of support they need at local, national and international policy levels to help them fulfil their c...