- The successes and challenges of rebuilding Pakistan's education sector after the 2005 earthquake
- J. Kirk / International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2008
- A powerful earthquake struck the northern areas of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan on 8 October, 2005. The timing of the quake and the low quality of school construction were factors in its major impact on the education sector. ...
- Cross-border higher education in the Caribbean
- S. Marshall (ed); E. Brandon (ed); M. Thomas (ed) / Commonwealth of Learning, 2008
- Are the foreign providers of education in the Caribbean pillagers or preceptors? This collaborative paper addresses the growing phenomenon of cross-border higher education (CBHE), specifically on the trends of CBHE in the Caribbean. L...
- Major perspectives in research on early childhood transitions
- G. Crivello; N.M. Woodhead; P. Vogler / Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2008
- Children face many important changes in the first eight years of life, including different learning centres, social groups, roles and expectations. Their ability to adapt to such a dynamic and evolving environment directly affects the...
- Social issues under transistion: an indepth look at Vietnam
- T.L. Giang; K. H. Duong / Vietnam Development Forum, 2008
- Fast growth and integration has intensified social problems in Vietnam. New problems have also arisen. Rapidly urbanising areas are experiencing issues with street children, prostitution, and HIV/AIDS epidemic transmission. Nationally...
- Teaching the skills and values associated with peaceful behaviours
- Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies, 2005
- This toolikit forms part of the “Inter-Agency Peace Education Programme”. The programme is designed for education managers of ministries dealing with both formal and non-formal education and for agencies which impleme...
- Findings from the first global workshop on forestry education
- A. Temu; A. Kiwia / World Agroforestry Centre, 2008
- Forestry education in recent years has largely failed to adequately respond to the dynamics in forestry practice, the demands of the job market and the challenges of new global forestry paradigms. This policy brief consol...
- A critique of typical quality indicator frameworks from EFA sources
- R. Alexander / Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity, 2008
- This monograph critically examines the emerging discourse on quality associated with Education for All (EFA). It provides a critique of typical quality indicator frameworks from international and EFA sources. It also investi...
- Lessons from public private partnerships in basic education
- N. LaRocque / CfBT Education Trust, 2008
- This report examines the international experience with Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) at the Basic Education level. Several forms of PPP are highlighted, including private philanthropic initiatives, private sector management initi...
- PETS: a silver bullet solution?
- G. Sundet / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2007
- This briefing look at the effectiveness of Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys (PETS). It particularly focuses on the PETS in Tanzania but also makes references to the way in which PETS worked in Uganda. Despite anti-corrup...
- The state of corruption in Honduras’ education system
- A. Fontana / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2008
- This paper discusses the corruption problem amongst teachers in Honduras. It also discusses the Honduran concept of ghost or taxi teachers and concludes by looking at what the future will hold. Honduras invests large sums ...
- Proposing and examining new alternative school programmes
- J. Farrell; A. Hartwell / International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2008
- This document proposes new, alternative programmes to traditional schooling in order to facilitate the achievement of Education for All (EFA). The document states that even though there exists a lack of resources, the more ...
- Analysing education and school-to-work transitions amongst young people in Brazil
- L. Guarcello; F.C. Rosati; P. Scaramozzino / Understanding Children's Work, Innocenti Research Centre, 2008
- This paper develops a model of investment in education and school-to-work transition under uncertainty, using Brazil as a case study. The main predictions of the model are confirmed by the empirical evidence on young individuals in li...
- Eliminating child labour through education 11 countries across Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific
- International Labour Organization, 2008
- This document is a brief description of the tackle project lauched by the ILO and European Community. The project has been developed in the context of a strategic partnership signed in 2004 between the ILO and the EC aimed at reinforc...
- Analysing the lives of the under five's in Trinidad and Tobago and Dominica
- C. Barrow (ed); M. Ince / Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2008
- This report looks at the development and socialisation of children under five years of age in two Caribbean countries, Trinidad and Tobago and Dominica. The report finds that although most children are loved and cared for,...
- Collaborating with children using a gender-sensitive life-cycle approach
- F.N. Chege / Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty, 2007
- This report from the Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty (RECOUP) demonstrates that working with children using a gender-sensitive life-cycle approach to HIV yields social and health benefits. The paper focuses on ...
- The impacts of trade reform's costs on schooling, poverty and work decisions of children
- E.V. Edmonds; N. Pavcnik; P. Topalova / International Monetary Fund, 2008
- This paper addresses the question about the influence of trade policy on schooling and child labor decisions in low income countries in the context of India's 1991 tariff reforms. In the 1990s, rural India experienced a dramatic incre...
- Free universal quality education for all in Ghana
- J.K. Baku; D.K. Agyeman / International Budget Partnership, 2007
- This paper is an impact study of Government of Ghana's intervention in the financing of basic education in 15 districts. The theoretical part of the paper establishes the fact that previous attempts at implementing free Universal Basi...
- Ensuring that Education for All also becomes a reality in conflict-affected fragile states
- J. Dolan / Child Rights Information Network, 2008
- This report highlights how donors can help children in conflict-affected fragile states (CAFS) gain access to education. The report finds that one in three children in CAFS never go to school, and although there is growing consensus a...
- Gender and sexual relations in South Africa
- N. N. Nyawo; R. Sathiparsad; M. Taylor / Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Center, 2006
- Gender is a culture-specific construct, and the unequal power balance in gender relations that favours males has been shown to be associated with the transmission of HIV/AIDS. This qualitative study explored the views of female high s...
- Ensuring that even the hardest to reach children gain access to quality education
- H. Pinnock; I. Lewis / Enabling Education Network, 2008
- This report is about how non-governmental organisations (NGOs) can help school systems in developing countries become more inclusive. It shares experience of developing tools and approaches that have improved education for the most ex...
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