- 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...
- Promoting Education for Girls in Nepal
- Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 1998
- Evaluation of USAID programme. Although their impact is difficult to isolate and measure, programs aimed at empowering and educating Nepalese women appear to enhance the education of both girls and boys. Concludes that ...
- Women in higher education in developing countries (HCD Dissemination Note)
- HNPFLASH, 1999
- Girls and Schools in Sub-Saharan Africa
- HNPFLASH, 1999
- Benefits of education for women (HCD Dissemination Note)
- HNPFLASH, 1993
- The evidence is clear that the total benefits to education multiply when schools open their doors to girls and women. In addition to being more productive in market work, educated women have smaller families, fewer of their children d...
- African Journals Online (AJOL)
- International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications, 1999
- The International Network for Scientific Publications (INASP) launched AJOL in 1998 with only 14 journals. By January 2004 it had over 175 African journals covering most subject areas. Journals included in AJOL are scholarly in...
- A Reversal of Fortune for Korean Women: Explaining 1983's Upward Turn in Relative Earnings
- Yana van der Meulen Rodgers / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999
- Relative earnings for Korean women across education groups dropped substantially between 1971 and 1983. The pronounced recovery after 1983 is largely explained by a strong compression in market returns to skills. Between 1971 and 1983...
- League table of women at top levels of government
- The Progress of Nations Report, UNICEF, 1999
- Women make up only 7% of ministerial positions, globally. Even within this small percentage, they remain heavily concentrated in the areas of social affairs, including education, health and family. The total number of women ministers ...
- 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 ...
- IGI Global
- IGI Global is an international academic publisher of more than 2,000+ reference books, 150+ journals, encyclopedias, teaching cases, proceedings, and databases covering the utilisation and management of information science and technology, as it is applied to the areas of: education, social science, library science, healthcare, business, public administration, computer science, and engineering....
- 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.
