How to invest in education in fragile states?
Recommended reading
- Co-ordinating education during emergencies and reconstruction: challenges and responsibilities
- ( M. Sommers / Education Sector, UNESCO , 2004)
- This book explores co-ordination of education delivery in and after emergencies. It discusses the reasons why humanitarian and United Nations agencies frequently fail to coordinate with one another o...
- Nigeria: study of non-state providers of basic services
- ( G. Larbi / International Development Department, University of Birmingham , 2004)
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This paper looks at the service delivery of health, urban water and education by non-state providers (NSPs) in Nigeria.
Each sector study focused on three broad forms of government (or civil society...
- Approaches to improving the delivery of social services in difficult environments
- ( C. Berry; A. Forder; S. Sultan; M. Moreno-Torres / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , 2004)
- This working paper, produced by the Poverty Reduction in Difficult Environments Team in the UK Department for International Development, explores the challenges of service delivery in difficult enviro...
- Guidelines for education in situations of emergency and crisis: EFA strategic planning
- ( K. Bensalah / UNESDOC: Online UNESCO documents , 2002)
- This guideline presents a strategy for education in emergencies. It looks at emergencies that have already happened and at preparedness planning for emergencies that might happen in the future. It is ...
- Service delivery in a difficult environment: the child-friendly community initiative in Sudan
- ( M. Moreno-Torres / Department for International Development, UK , 2005)
- This report, published by the Department for International Development (DFID), sets out the main findings and conclusions of a study of the UNICEF-sponsored Child-Friendly Community Initiative (CFCI) ...
- Education in fragile states: capturing lessons and identifying good practice
- ( P. Rose; M. Greeley / Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies , 2006)
- The OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) categorises fragile states as follows:deterioration (conflict/risk of conflict; declining capacity and/or will)arrested development (lack of...
- Last in line, last in school. How donors are failing children in conflict-affected fragile states
- ( J. Dolan;V. Perry / International Save the Children Alliance , 2007)
- Conflict-affected fragile states (CAFS) are home to half of the world’s out-of-school population – 39 million children – yet receive only one fifth of total education aid. This paper...
- DFID: aid, education and conflict-affected countries
- ( Save the Children Fund , 2006)
- How does the UK Department for International Development’s (DFID) support to education in conflict-affected fragile states (CAFS) compare to their support to education in other developing countries? ...
- Principles for good international engagement in fragile states & situations
- ( Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , 2007)
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This paper, published by the OECD, outlines a set of ten principles adopted by OECD Ministers in 2007, which it suggests international agencies should share in order to help max...
- Aid to fragile states: do donors help or hinder?
- ( S. Browne / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) , 2007)
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This paper examines the relationship between state failure and development assistance. It begins by looking at poor development performance as a criterion for state failure and then examines common...
- 'Formal' versus 'non-formal' basic education: prioritising alternative approaches in fragile states
- ( H. Smith / CfBT Education Trust , 2007)
- The education system in Somaliland is in the process of being re-established and developed following the destruction of the civil war. Partly because of the nomadic lifestyle, enrolment rates are very...
- The 'education that protects' project: the 'education and fragility barometer': an early warning tool to aid conflict prevention
- ( CfBT Education Trust , 2007)
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Schools are often targeted in war and can sometimes also be contributors to conflict by aiding recruitment or acting as locations for ideological indoctrination. The 'Education that Protects' Proje...
- Education and financing strategies for fragile states
- ( Education for All Fast Track Initiative, World Bank , 2007)
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On March 11, 2008, a working session group representing governments, donor agencies, multilateral organizations, and NGOs was hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, DC to discuss...
