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  Gender equality and education in South Africa: measurements, scores and strategies

  Institute of Education, University of London, 2004

  This paper discusses methodology issues for measuring gender equality and inequality in South Africa. The author argues that in order to establish a publicly accountable means of assessing levels of gender equality, a complex method is needed.The analysis is structured in three parts.
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  School feeding programs: why they should be scaled up now

  United Nations [UN] World Food Programme, 2004

  This brief discusses the effectiveness of school feeding programmes, how they address constraints to education, and how they can be scaled up.The paper argues that in-school feeding reduces short-term hunger; they provide micronutrient-fortified meals early in the school day; food can be used in several ways to address access issues; it can address health and nutrition needs of school-age child
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  On the road to universal primary education

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2005

  This brief is based on the Report of the UN Millennium Project Task Force on Education and Gender Equality.
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  Economic, social and cultural rights: the right to education

  United Nations High Commission for Human Rights, 2005

  The present report is an overview of the activities and issues the Special Rapporteur plans for the Commission on Human Rights aims to carry out and consider during his mandate.Some of the activities the Special Rapporteur plans to carry out includes:continue strengthening the human rights dimension of education by encouraging the shift from education policies that address education as
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  How does working as a child affect wage, income and poverty as an adult?

  World Bank, 2005

  This study assesses the future poverty impact of child labour. Drawing on empircal evidence from Brazil, the report examines the trends and tradeoffs between education and child labour.
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  Education and HIV/AIDS: ensuring education access for orphans and vulnerable children

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2005

  This training manual aims to assist key decision makers to reflect on the difficulties faced by children orphaned by AIDS and other vulnerable children, and on the different policy options available within the education system, within the government and elsewhere in general. It is has been developed for the training of key stakeholders within the education sectors of World Bank client countries
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  Nepal: children caught in the conflict

  Amnesty International, 2005

  This article discusses the human rights abuses that children are facing because of armed conflict in Nepal, which are being committed by both parties to the conflict, and perpetuated by the failure of the state to meet its obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of children.The study finds that minimal effort has been made to prevent abuses or bring perpetrators to justice for the
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  Economic outcomes and school quality

  International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2005

  This booklet examines the linkages between educational quality and national economic productivity and identifies aspects of educational reform that are most likely to deliver enhanced levels of educational quality.The booklet argues that improved teacher quality is key to improved student performance, and further discusses implications of the planning and timeframe required to develop and evalu
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  Where has all the bias gone?: detecting gender bias in the household allocation of educational expenditure in India

  Department of Economics, University of Oxford, 2003

  This paper seeks to find explanations for the failure of the household consumption based (Engel curve) methodology in detecting gender bias even where it exists.
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  Child labor, schooling, and poverty in Latin America

  Education Section, Human Development Department, World Bank, 2005

  This paper examines the links between child labour, schooling and poverty in Latin America. In particular, it emphasises two issues: firstly, research needs to establish the nature of the relationship between child labour and education.

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