- How to make education in emergencies more inclusive
- Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies, 2009
- This document is a quick reference guide to help practitioners ensure that education in emergencies is accessible and inclusive for everyone, particularly those who have been traditionally excluded from education. The booklet is for a...
- Brazil's Bolsa-Escola and Bolsa-Familia programmes: achievements and limitations
- V.M. de Castro; M. Bursztyn / Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2009
- Brazil’s recent economic growth has occurred in spite of the country’s persistent illiteracy: in 1999, approximately 15% of the total adult population was unable to read and write. In 1995, the government started the Bolsa...
- Tools for effectively communicating health education
- A. Roberts; R. Pareja; W. Shaw / AED Center for Global Health Communication and Marketing, 1995
- The past three decades have seen a quiet but dramatic revolution in health education programmes. International health organisations, ministries of health and PVOs recognise not only the essential role that prevention and health promot...
- A toolkit for teachers on how to provide education about HIV and AIDS
- C. Haddad (ed) / UNESCO Bangkok, 2008
- With HIV expanding across Asia, there is an urgent need to equip teachers with the knowledge and skills to play an effective role in HIV preventive education. This information kit attempts to provide teachers and teacher trainees with...
- Recommendations for ensuring access to education for the hard-to-reach children
- A. Kielland; F. Rosati / Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway, 2008
- As the Education for All process is progressing, two main groups of children are still left out: those who have yet to gain access to a good primary school; and, those who do not get to attend even when an adequate, affordable s...
- Disability and inclusive education in India
- K. Giffard-Lindsay / Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity, 2007
- This paper aims to present a case study of the current status of inclusive education (IE) in India with a focus on children with disabilities. Children with disabilities are a minority that are not prioritised in the context of educat...
- A guide to budgets for civil society organisations working in education
- V Perry / Affiliated Network for Social Accountability, 2009
- By analysing education financing, citizens can understand budget priorities and the factors that influence education expenditure. Budget analysis has been used in many countries to lobby governments to prioritise education in public s...
- An overview of inclusive education
- S. Stubbs; I. Lewis (ed) / Enabling Education Network, 2009
- This book aims to provide a background and critical overview of key issues, concepts and strategies in relation to inclusive education, that are relevant to situations where economic resources and access to information is limited.&nbs...
- How does migration affect young children and their education?
- L.D. Adams / Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development, 2008
- The number of international migrants in industrialised countries more than doubled between 1985 and 2005, affecting both sending and receiving nations around the world. This short brief focuses on issues related to the effects of glob...
- Country health sector teams in ten countries
- A. Harmer / Department for International Development Health Resource Centre (HRC), 2008
- This review outlines the current arrangements for country health sector teams (CHSTs) in ten International Health Partnership countries: Burundi, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria and Zambia. It p...
- Delivering education in China
- Department for International Development, UK, 2008
- This short briefing paper outlines the key issues relating to the delivery of education in China and the projects currently being implemented there by the UK Department for International Development (DFID). The authors outline...
- Synergising the MDGs: how Peru can succeed on both education and poverty
- G. Yamada; J. Castro; A. Beltran / Poverty and Economic Policy Network, 2008
- While the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) comprise of a wide-ranging set of sectors and indicators, progress assessment exercises tend to avoid looking at the interactions across the various sectors and indicators. For policymaker...
- The livelihoods and voices of the poor
- D. Narayan; R. Patel; K. Schafft / World Bank, 2000
- Narayan underlines the multidimensionality of poverty and explains that households and the social fabric around them are being destroyed while the efforts of the state and NGOs are limited or ineffective. Part of the Consultations wit...
- An assessment of primary education reforms in Tanzania
- A.V.Y. MBelle / Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2008
- Tanzania started implementing a comprehensive programme, the Primary Education Development Programme (PEDP) in 2002, designed to improve both access and quality. Due to the pressure resulting from high pupils/classroom rat...
- How can education adress HIV and AIDS issues?: a briefing paper for planners and senior management
- F. Caillods; M.J. Kelly; B. Tournier / International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2008
- This briefing paper is addressed to planners and senior management in ministries of education. It discusses four major challenges in a world with AIDS: delivering effective prevention education incr...
- Access to and participation in education in South Africa
- S. Motala; V. Dieltiens; N. Carrim / Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity, 2007
- Since 1994, South Africa has undertaken the vital task of transforming the inequitable political, economic and social system that characterised the apartheid era into a democratic society which aims to equalise opportunity for all its...
- Access to education in Ghana
- J. Djangmah; A. Oduro; K. Akyeampong / Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity, 2008
- This report synthesises analysis of evidence on access to basic education in Ghana and uses this as a basis for outlining areas that need further research. Written as a critical analytic review it provides a background of shared knowl...
- Trends in educational access in India
- M. Bandyopadhyay; R. Govinda / Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity, 2008
- India made a Constitutional commitment to provide free and compulsory education to all children up to the age of 14 nearly 60 years ago. The goal, which was expected to be achieved by 1960, remains elusive, even now. This analytical r...
- Primary school enrolment patterns in Kenya
- A. Somerset / Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity, 2007
- At the time of Kenya’s Independence in late 1963, the development of the education system stood high on the agenda of the incoming Government. This review analyses historic data from Kenya to explore fluctuating primary school e...
- Sexual exploitation in West African schools
- N. Jones; J. Espey / Plan, 2008
- This briefing paper seeks to raise awareness of the problem of sexual exploitation in and around schools in the West African region. It also highlights problems with regards to limited evidence and explores policy implications. The do...
- Planwel University
- A model project to facilitate socio-economic improvement in underprivileged communities worldwide through imparting education and health care facilities through information and communication technologies. Runs Pakistan Library Network which aims to build an electronic access network of all regional libraries or organisations working to further research and development. Web site includes: overv...
- Eduforum
- Spanish discussion forum on political economy and administration of education
- Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
- Education and health organisation creating tools for learning
- Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)
- African NGO aiming to improve education for girls and women
- Education, Language and Development Training Services (ELD)
- Organisation providing communication skills training to development professionals in emerging nations. Main focus is Nepal and South Asia, providing free training materials via Web site and through distance training programmes in professional English. WWW site includes training materials available to download.
- Edinter - online course on northern NGOs in international cooperation
- This entirely online, open and distance course is restricted to professionals with several years of experience in International Development Cooperation in NGOs (Non Governmental Organizations) or Governments, in the South or in the North. The two basic goals are (a) to provide better knowledge of what are the identity, role, challenges and potential of Northern NGOs, basically European, and (b) to...
- University of Asia and the Pacific [formerly the Center for Research and Communications / CRC] (UA&P)
- Teaching and research university
- Instituto de Investigaciones Economicas
- Mexican based social science research institute
- National Research Institute, Papua New Guinea
- Performing research, advisory services and training in economics, education, politics, law, society and the environment
- Economics Research Center, School of Economics, University of the Philippines (ERC)
- University of Philippines research centre focussing on economics, finance and development
