- Marketing education or educating the market? Perspectives on a global education marketplace
- M. Kwiek / Institute of Philosophy, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland, 2002
- As state/market relations get changed with the advent of globalization, where does that leave universities, traditionally an important part of the public sector? This paper considers the position of the university, as it finds itself ...
- How the 'brain drain' support the formation of human capital
- O. Stark / Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung, Bonn, 2003
- This paper addresses the concerns voiced by the World Development Report about the exodus of trained workers from poorer countries. It turns this concern on its head and argues that the prospect of migration can well be harnessed to i...
- The changing role of ICTs in education in the EU
- U. Fredriksson / Education International, 2003
- The purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the recent changes in education and information and communication and examine the kind of developments we may expect. It examines changes in society, in business and in the home. It pres...
- Teacher training in Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, Trinidad and Tobago
- K. M. Lewin; J. S. Stuart / Department for International Development, UK, 2003
- The author conducts an extensive empirical study of different aspects of primary teacher education as it is practised in Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa (reported on in a separate document) and Trinidad and Tobago. It offers scen...
- Higher educational attainment is associated with a greater risk of HIV infection in Africa
- J.R. Hargreaves; J.R. Glynn / HIV/AIDS Impact on Education Clearinghouse, 2001
- This paper conducts a systematic review of the published literature on the relationship between educational attainment and HIV-1 in developing countries. Findings: large studies in four areas in Africa showed an ...
- The state of Iraq's universities
- A. Lawler / SciDev.Net, 2003
- This article argues that despite the recent opening of Baghdad's Al-Mansour University College, Iraq's once-proud university system is weakened by more than a decade of economic sanctions, brain drain, and political oppression. Scores...
- Using GATS to privatise education means exploitation of new markets rather than a long-term investment in education
- J. Hobbs / Population Council, USA, 2003
- This paper expresses concern about the imbalance in global trade between developed and developing countries which is exacerbated by the service industries’ investment in developing countries without a commensurate movement of lab...
- Key intervention points for youth development in the Caribbean
- W. Cunningham; M. Correia / World Bank, 2003
- The objectives of this report are threefold. It aims to: (1) identify the risk and protective factors and determinants of youth behaviors and development; (2) demonstrate that the negative behaviors of youth are costly not only to the...
- What are the barriers to poor families sending children to school?
- S. Boyle; A. Brock; J. Mace; M. Sibbons / Department for International Development, UK, 2002
- This comparative research study focuses on the main barriers to education for the poorest households in Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia. Although the study set out primarily to look at the burden of education co...
- The benefits to childrens learning of supplimenting their diets with meat
- S.E. Whaley; M. Sigman; C. Neumann; N. Bwibo; D. Guthrie; R.E. Weiss; S. Murphy; S. Alber / Global Livestock CRSP, 2002
- This study reports the first findings of an experimental study in rural Kenya, designed to test the impact of three different diets on the cognitive development of school children. Twelve schools with 555 Standard 1 children we...
- Child mortality and public spending on health : how much does money matter?
- Deon Filmer; Lant Pritchett / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997
- Roughly 95 percent of cross-national variation in child or infant mortality can be explained by a country's per capita income, the distribution of income, the extent of women's education, the level of ethnic fragmentation, and the pre...
- Gender disparity in South Asia : comparisons betwen and within countries
- Deon Filmer; Elizabeth M. King; Lant Pritchett / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1998
- While gender disparities in health and education outcomes are higher on average in South Asian than in other countries, the large within country differences in gender disparity, between Indian states or Pakistani provinces, demand mor...
- Child labor and schooling in Ghana
- Sudharshan Canagarajah; Harold Coulombe / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997
- To improve human capital and reduce the incidence of child labor in Ghana, the country's school systems should reduce families' schooling costs, adapt to the constraints on schooling in rural areas (where most children must work at le...
- Child Labor in Cote d'Ivoire: Incidence and Determinants
- C. Grootaert / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1998
- Most children in Côte d'Ivoire perform some kind of work. In rural areas, more than four of five children work, with only a third combining work with schooling. Child labor in Côte d'Ivoire increased in the 1980s because o...
- Making education in China equitable and efficient
- Shaikh I. Hossain / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997
- Whether China becomes competitive internationally depends on the quality of its human resources. The government's priorities should be to improve the equity, efficiency, and quality of social services, as well as their financing. As C...
- Local Government and Households in Primary Education in Tanzania: Some lessons for Reform
- O. Therkildsen / Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998
- The roles of the formal and informal involvement of local governments, local elites, teachers and households in decision making about primary education in selected rural districts are analysed, as are some of the outcomes of this invo...
- 'The rich are just like us only richer?: poverty functions or consumption functions?
- Simon Appleton / Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 1995
- The concept of a poverty function is introduced, modelling the shortfall of household consumption from the poverty line as a function of reduced form determinants such as human capital and land holdings. The model is estimated using a...
- Differences in occupational earnings by sex
- D. Robinson / International Labour Review, ILO, 1998
- The question of whether gender bias is a cause of differences in pay is important, persistent and still unresolved. A critical element in examining that question is the precise measurement of pay differentials, which in turn requires ...
- The Social Impact of Adjustment in Tanzania in the 1980s: Economic Crisis and Household Survival Strategies
- M. Messkoub / Internet Journal of African Studies, 1996
- Provides a theoretical discussion of the key issues of the social impact and a brief account of the Tanzanian economy and the various dimensions of the economic crisis of the 1980s. Then discusses the social impact of adjustment progr...
- Formal and Nonformal Education and Empowered Behavior: a review of the research literature [impacts of the education of girls]
- Support for Analysis and Research in Africa, USAID, 1998
- Explores the logical link between the evidence that sending more girls to school results in demographic change through their empowerment and the evidence that nonformal education also empowers girls and women and, thus, also leads to ...
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- International Journal of Information and Education Technology (IJIET)
- International Journal of Information and Education Technology (IJIET) is an international academic journal which gains a foothold in Singapore, Asia and opens to the world. It aims to promote the integration of information and education technology. The focus is to publish papers on state-of-the-art Information and Education Technology. Submitted papers will be reviewed by technical committees of t...
- Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on the Environment (TSHE)
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- Health and Education Advice and Resource Team (HEART)
- HEART is a consortium of leading organisations in international development, health, nutrition and education. It works together to support the use of evidence and expert advice in policymaking. HEART helps time-pressured decision-makers better understand, interpret and apply health, nutrition and education evidence. It is primarily designed to provide the most relevant evidence to address pa...
- UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (UNESCO-IHE)
- UNESCO-IHE is an international institute for water education.
- Centre for Development Finance (CDF)
- The Centre for Development Finance focuses on improving the delivery of public goods that contribute to inclusive social and economic opportunity in India.
- Centre for International Education, University of Sussex (CIE)
- The Centre for International Education (CIE) provides a focal point for work on education and development in low-income countries.
- The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)
- The Finnish Institute of International Affairs is a research institute that produces high quality, topical information on international relations and the EU.
- London School of Economics (LSE)
- The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a social science universities.
- ephemera
- ephemera is an independent journal, supported by the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London.
