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    The impact of education quality on rates of return to education in Namibia

    Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit, 2006
    This study investigates the effect of education quality on rates of return to education in Namibia.
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    Fostering education for female, out-of-school youth in Afghanistan

    Journal of Education for International Development, 2006
    This paper describes the Afghanistan Primary Education Program (APEP) set up 2003 in response to the lack of educational opportunities in Afghanistan for the general population and especially for females. The main aim of APEP is to offer emergency access to accelerated elementary education for out-of-school youth between ten and eighteen years of age, focusing on females.
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    South Africa equity and quality reforms: possible lessons

    Journal of Education for International Development, 2005
    In the period 1995 to 2002 South Africa managed to make major policy changes in education. Almost everything about the education sector has changed. This transformation has been approached deliberatively, consultatively, and with considerable attention to a sound legal base. This paper focuses on policies aimed at resource distribution in the education sector in South Africa.
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    Making it happen: political will for gender equality in education

    Oxfam, 2005
    The central question in this brief paper is why do some countries succeed in promoting gender parity and equality in education while others do not? Whilst the answer is often due to political will, there is little understanding of why governments are unwilling or unable to change their policies and priorities to achieve equal access to education for girls and boys.
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    Child learning in Andhra Pradesh: the interplay between school and home

    Young Lives, 2005
    India has seen remarkable progress over the past 50 years in both adult literacy and school enrolment for girls and boys. However, there are concerns about drop-out rates and the quality of education, especially in public schools. Children learn both within and outside the classroom.
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    Girls, educational equity and mother tongue

    UNESCO Bangkok: Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, 2005
    This paper argues that one of the principal mechanisms through which inequality is reproduced is language, specifically the language used as the medium of instruction. The paper illustrates how the learner’s mother tongue is vital for making schooling more inclusive for all disadvantaged groups, especially for girls and women.
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    Extra classes and learning outcomes of eight-year-old children in Vietnam

    Young Lives, 2005
    Primary school enrolment in Vietnam is high (91 per cent) but only 20 per cent of children receive a full day’s schooling. Additionally, the school year is short by international standards. The Vietnamese Government is committed to the provision of full shifts of primary education by 2015. The government has banned “illegal” extra classes run outside school administrations.
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    The role of teachers, schools, and communities in quality education: a review of the literature

    Academy for Educational Development, USA, 2005
    This paper reviews a select body of literature that focuses on the role of teachers, schools, and communities at the local level in developing quality education programmes in less-developed countries.
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    Remedying education: evidence from two randomized experiments in India

    National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2005
    This paper presents the results of two experiments conducted in Mumbai and Vadodara, India, designed to evaluate ways to improve the quality of education in urban slums. The authors argue that resources alone may not be sufficient to improve educational outcomes.
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    Social capital and education outcomes in urban and rural Peru

    Young Lives, 2005
    This paper explores whether social capital is associated with educational progress and achievement in urban and rural Peru.Whilst enrolment in primary schools in Peru is very high, more than half of primary school children are one or more grades below the norm for their age, Peruvian school children also score well below the norms expected for their age, and their scores are below the average l

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