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  The implications of changing educational and family circumstances for children’s grade progression in rural Pakistan: 1997-2004

  Population Council, USA, 2006

  This paper assesses the effects of primary school characteristics, household characteristics, and recent household economic and demographic shocks on school dropout rates during the first eight grades (primary and middle school) in rural Punjab and North West Frontier Province in Pakistan.The study finds that while grade retention has improved over the past six years, dropout rates for girls re
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  Children on the move: rural-urban migration and access to education in Mongolia

  Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, 2006

  This study examined the impact of rural-urban migration on children's access to education in Mongolia.
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  Beyond the mainstream: education for nomadic and pastoralist girls and boys

  Oxfam, 2005

  This paper illustrates the challenges involved in providing good-quality gender-equitable education for children of nomadic and pastoralist households who are beyond the reach of mainstream, formal education.Some of the key issues highlighted in the paper include the limited, and failed, provision of static schooling, or projects which have focused on getting nomadic boys and girls to adapt to
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  Out of school and (probably) in work: child labour and capability deprivation in India

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2005

  This paper explores the hypothesis that the phenomenon of child labour is explicable in terms of poverty that compels a household to keep its children out of school and put them to work in the cause of the household’s survival.
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  Winning people's will for girl child education: community mobilization for gender equality in basic education

  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2005

  In 2004 and 2005, the UNESCO office in Kathmandu conducted an action-research project to work on the access and retention in school of girls from Dalit (or untouchable) castes. Given the social and cultural complexities relating to this most deprived caste group, their activity was focused on community mobilisation and gaining "people’s will" on girls’ education.
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  Children in abject poverty in Uganda: a study of criteria and status of those in and out of school in selected districts in Uganda

  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2005

  This study on children in abject poverty in Uganda was undertaken to identify the problems hidden by the fact that the children in poverty are invisible; yet by the very nature of their situation, they are included among those that are classified as the poor in Uganda.
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  Education choices in Ethiopia: what determines whether poor households send their children to school?

  Young Lives, 2004

  The aim of this paper is to establish a link between micro-level outcomes and macro-level policy initiatives with respect to eight-year-old children’s primary school enrolment in Ethiopia.
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  The impact of HIV/AIDS on children and young people: reviewing research conducted and distilling implications for the education sector in Asia

  UNESCO Bangkok: Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, 2005

  This paper examines the impact of the HIV and AIDS epidemic on children (0-18 years old) in Asia, and also looks at the implications of HIV and AIDS for the education sector.The main impact of HIV and AIDS on children are summarised into three main areas: loss of social and/or family support: children will also lose their economic, social and emotional safety net.
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  Economic shocks and changes in school attendance levels and education expenditure in Peru

  Young Lives, 2005

  This paper studies the effect of economic shocks on household human capital investment patterns using a sample of 6 to 14 year-old children going through the Peruvian education system.
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  Disability, poverty, and schooling in developing countries: results from 11 household surveys

  World Bank, 2005

  This paper analyses the relationship between whether a young person has a disability, the poverty status of their household, and their school participation.

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