- Examining the economic cost of failing to educate girls
- Plan International, 2008
- Education is vital to the future prospects and development of children across the globe. Gaining a good education is at least as important for girls as it is for boys. This report presents a new analysis of the economic cost of failin...
- Universities in sub Saharan Africa need to formulate their responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic
- Bertil Egero / African Higher Education Research Online, 2006
- Many sub Saharan African universities have been slow to respond to HIV/AIDS pandemic. This report from African Higher Education Research Online (AHERO) analyses why universities respond the way that they do and in particular focuses o...
- African Higher Education Research Online (AHERO)
- AHERO, administered by the Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE) at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, is an open access archive of texts that focus on the study, practice and governance of higher education in Africa. The collection includes research reports, journal articles, conference papers, book chapters, working papers, booklets, and policy documents. All...
- How can Cambodian students be protected from natural disasters?
- Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, 2008
- Natural disasters can cause terrible loss of life. However what is perhaps most disturbing are their impact on the most vulnerable, in institutions where safety should be paramount i.e. patients stranded in hospitals and children at t...
- Is the current aid structure meeting the health and education needs of developing countries?
- S. Bökkerink / Oxfam, 2008
- This paper evaluates the extent to which the current aid structure, particularly that of the European Community (EC), is meeting the health and education requirements of developing countries. It reviews the dynamic between the EC, Eur...
- Moving forward with gender equality challenges and opportunities
- K Mørck Jensen / Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Danida, Denmark, 2008
- This guide aims to provide useful context on gender equality as a priority of Danish development assistance. It offers strategic directions and presents good examples of how gender programming can achieve results on the ground. Divide...
- Fighting discrimination against people with disabilities in the Asia and Pacific regions
- W. Liu / United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2008
- People with disabilities are often the most marginalised and vulnerable groups in the Asian and Pacific region, as they tend to face not only activity limitations but also environmental and social barriers. These barriers include stig...
- How education projects can help eliminate child labour
- N Grisewood; S Brand; H Ruiz / Child Rights Information Network, 2008
- Creating awareness of the importance of education and the difference between acceptable work for children and exploitative child labour can help break the cycle of child labour and poverty. This manual aims to provide best practice ad...
- Motivating teachers in Nigeria
- Voluntary Service Overseas, 2008
- It is increasingly recognised that in some countries teachers’ efforts are sometimes unsustainable, due to factors influencing motivation. This report by VSO considers teachers in Nigeria and highlights how they are working in c...
- Motivating education workers In Mozambique
- Voluntary Service Overseas, 2008
- This report investigates the morale and motivation of education workers in Mozambique and identifies the factors that affect them. There is growing awareness in Mozambique of the need for a motivated public sector workforce to provide...
- Conditional cash transfer programmes: excellent targeting, significant reduction of inequality
- S. Soares; E. Zepeda / International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007
- This one-page document examines the impact of three Latin American Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programmes providing cash transfers to poor families, conditioned on children’s school attendance and regular medical checks-ups....
- Is the IMF responsible for the shortage of doctors, nurses and teachers in developing countries?
- R. Rowden / IFIwatchnet, 2008
- This paper highlights the shortage of doctors, nurses and teachers hired in developing countries. It critically addresses current International Monetary Fund (IMF) policies with a focus on the need to change its practices in order to ...
- Experiences of Commonwealth teachers working abroad
- Ivan Reid / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
- For a variety of reasons, many teachers from Commonwealth countries decide to teach in another country. What are their experiences of teaching abroad? In light of the development of the Commonwealth Teacher Recruitment Protocol, how c...
- COPE: a case study of non-state education provision in Afghanistan
- D. Balwanz / Educational Quality Improvement Program, USAID, 2008
- CARE Afghanistan launched its first small pilot education access programme in Khost province in 1994. The initiative has evolved into the Community Organized Primary Education (COPE) programme and now operates in nine provinces. This ...
- Education, gender and religion in Bangladesh
- M. N. Asadullah; N. Chaudhury; A. Dar / Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), University of Oxford, 2006
- This paper presents new evidence on the impact of school characteristics on secondary student achievement using a rich data set from rural Bangladesh. Specifically, it examines the non-random sorting of children into madrasas (Islamic...
- The historical context of religion and education in Afghanistan
- P. Karlsson; A. Mansory / Network for Research and Evaluation on Education and Development, 2008
- Despite decades of conflict and civil strife, Afghanistan has a rich history of highly developed civilisations where art, literature and sciences have flourished. Written languages have existed for thousands of years and the dominatio...
- Reforming Islamic education in Pakistan
- M. Bano / International Development Department, University of Birmingham, 2007
- The Pakistani state’s agenda to reform madrasas, and through that the conservative interpretation of Islam within Pakistan, goes back to the 1960s. From the start it has pursued a similar objective: to introduce modern subjects ...
- Examining Islamic schools in Nigeria
- F. Abd-El-Khalick; H. Boyle; D. Pier 2006
- This report presents the results of the EQUIP1 study on educational quality in Nigerian Islamic (or Qur’anic) schools. This study aimed to assess the basic characteristics and nature of predominant instructional practices in, Is...
- The impacts of a madrasa reform programme, Bangladesh
- M. N. Asadullah; N. Chaudhury / Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), University of Oxford, 2006
- This paper examines the social impact of a madrasa (Islamic religious school) reform programme in Bangladesh. The key features of the reform were a change of the curriculum and introduction of female teachers. The authors assess wheth...
- The nature and extent of development in the Arab world
- N. Fergany / United Nations Development Programme, 2002
- This first Arab States' Report acknowledges that Arab countries have made substantial progress over the past three decades. Life expectancy has increased by 15 years; mortality rates for children under five years of age have fallen by...
- 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.
