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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 ...
The Mechanics of Progress in Education: Evidence from Cross-Country Data
A. Mingat; Jee-Peng Tan / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1998
Argues that, so long as educational coverage is not yet universal, a more efficient strategy for educational development is to emphasize continued expansion of coverage rather than a rapid reduction in the pupil-teacher ratio. In the ...
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Higher education and community engagement: innovative practices and challenges across ASEAN and Asia
S. Gill 2013
This paper is expanded from selected presentations and discussions during the 2nd UKM-AUN Regional Forum on University Social Responsibility and Sustainability (USR&S), 9th – 11th May 2011. It serves as a resource of innovati...
AsiaEngage Conference Report 2012
2012
Following the Regional Conference on Higher-Education-Community-Industry Engagement held on the 7th to 9th of May 2012, a report was subsequently written to capture the important outcomes and issues which arose from the event. The rep...
The Good School Toolkit
D. Naker (ed) / Raising Voices, 2011
The Good School Toolkit contains a set of ideas and tools that will help educators explore what a good school is and guide them through a process that will help them create one. It was developed with the help of schools in Uganda and ...
Intel eLearning Deployment Guide: How to integrate ICT in education for the 21st Century
2009
This booklet will help professionals and researchers design effective eLearning programs that can transform education in any country. The Intel eLearning Deployment Guide, How to integrate ICT in education for the 21st Century, includ...
ICT application in technical and vocational education and training: Specialized training course
C. Chinien / UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education, 2005
The specialized training course has been prepared within the framework of the project Information and Communication Technologies in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) launched by the UNESCO Institute for Informatio...
Access with quality in primary education: re-inventing iInter-organizational synergy
S Islam 2010
During the last two decades, Bangladesh has made significant progress in improving access to primary education, especially for girls and poor children. In recent years, there is a growing awareness among various stakeholders that Bang...
Child labour and education in Bangladesh
M Ahmed 2010
Child labour is a multi-dimensional and complex issue. It is a symptom of economic vulnerability of people, inadequate legal system and labour laws, cultural and social inequities, as well as a result of an inaccessible and low-qualit...
Fighting corruption in the education sector: methods, tools and good practices
J. Wood / United Nations Development Programme, 2011
Commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), this study presents methods, tools, and good practices to map corruption risks, develop strategies, and sustain partnerships to address challenges and tackle corruption ...
Asian-Pacific countries must advocate education systems so vulnerable groups can participate in labour markets
R. Maclean (ed); S. Jagannathan (ed); J. Sarvi (ed) / Asian Development Bank, 2013
As countries in Asia and the Pacific recalibrate their growth models to consolidate their positions in the global economy, availability of a highly skilled and technically qualified human resource base will be a crucial determinant of...
Distance Education for Teacher Training: Modes, Models, and Methods
M. Burns / Education Development Center, Inc., 2011
Distance Education for Teacher Training: Modes, Models, and Methods gathers research and lessons learned from numerous distance education programs in over 100 nations and territories to help distance education policymakers, planners a...
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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.
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