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  Main reasons for school-age disabled children not having access to education in the central region of Azerbaijan

  AzerWeb, Azerbaijan, 2004

  The goal of this study is to analyse the problem of unequal access of disabled children to education. The study is based on a survey of residents of the 27 localities in the central area of the republic.Results show that out of the total number of school age disabled children surveyed, 73% did not receive any education, even though many of them are registered as students at local schools.
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  Girls, HIV/AIDS and education

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2005

  This paper looks at the links between sexual knowledge/behaviour and educational level among young people.
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  Orphanhood and child vulnerability: Burundi

  Understanding Children’s Work (UCW) Programme, 2004

  This country briefing paper explores the effect of orphanhood and fostering on child vulnerability in Burundi.The paper concludes that orphanhood increases child vulnerability in two ways: it is much more likely that a child is denied schooling and much more likely that a child is exposed to the dangers of work.
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  Orphanhood and child vulnerability: Malawi

  Understanding Children’s Work (UCW) Programme, 2004

  This Country Brief explores the links between orphanhood, fostering and child vulnerability.
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  Emerging voices: a report on education in South African rural communities

  Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2005

  This report examines the critical factors that affect rural schooling in South Africa, focusing on the three provinces KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape and Limpopo.The report argues that the historical development, contours and consolidation of power relations between urban and rural, and within rural areas, have resulted in neither formal nor substantive equality for people living in rural area
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  Orphanhood and child vulnerability: Zambia

  Understanding Children’s Work (UCW) Programme, 2004

  This paper explores the effect of orphanhood and fostering on child vulnerability. It finds that the loss of only one parent has a smaller but still significant effect on school attendance and work.Orphanhood increases child vulnerability on two fronts: it makes it more likely that a child is denied schooling and more likely that a child is exposed work.
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  School meals, educational achievement and school competition: evidence from a randomized evaluation

  World Bank Research, 2004

  This paper examines the effects of subsidised school meals on preschool participation, educational achievement, and school finance in Kenya.Findings from the study include:the meals programme led to higher curriculum test scores, but only in schools where the teacher was relatively experienced prior to the programmethe school meals displaced teaching time and led to larger class siz
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  Determinants of household expenditure on education in rural India

  National Council of Applied Economic Research, India, 2002

  This paper examines how much different parts of the Indian population spend on education and attempts to assess what determines education expenditure. In particular, it examines the extent to which the amount spent on education by households responds to changes in household income and in government education spending.
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  Race, equity, and public schools in post-apartheid South Africa: is opportunity equal for all kids?

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004

  This paper examines dynamic changes in educational quality and equity differences in the public school system between Black and other racial groups in post-apartheid South Africa, using the ratio of learners to educators (LER) in each school.
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  Timor-Leste: education since independence from reconstruction to sustainable improvement

  Documents and Reports, 2004

  This paper is a study on education in post-conflict Timor-Leste, since independence. It provides analytical support for medium-term policy options to expand coverage, raise internal efficiency and student achievement, and improve sectoral and expenditure management.

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