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Non-formal education and basic education reform: a conceptual review
International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2006There is growing recognition that non-formal education (NFE) can play an important role in providing basic education for disadvantaged children and young people. However, development agencies and governments face difficult questions about how to manage the relationship between NFE and the formal education system.DocumentEarnings inequalities and educational mobility in Brazil over two decades
Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme, 2005This paper studies the impact of changes in educational opportunities on various definitions of labour market inequalities in Brazil over two decades (1976-96).DocumentIntegration of care and education: the challenge in Brazil
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2006The Brazilian government introduced a policy to integrate the administrative responsibility for day care centres for 0-3 year-olds and preschools for 4-6 year-olds into the education sector in 1996. But even after nine years, the two services are still far from being integrated.This Policy Briefing paper from UNESCO provides a summary of an interview with Dr.DocumentIncreasing accountability in education in Paraná State, Brazil
Academy for Educational Development, USA, 2005This briefing paper discusses the creation of school report cards (SRC) in Paraná State, Brazil, to inform school communities and stimulate greater involvement in the school improvement process.DocumentStealing the future: corruption in the classroom
Transparency International, 2005This report presents ten studies carried out in Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Georgia, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Sierra Leone and Zambia.DocumentPrograma para o futuro: enabling disadvantaged youth to build new futures: a new model for employability training
Academy for Educational Development, USA, 2005The paper describes the process and achievements of an employment skills programme in Brazil.DocumentThe responses of child labour, school enrollment, and grade repetition to the loss of parental earnings in Brazil, 1982-1999
World Bank, 2005This paper examines how the loss of earnings by the head of a household in Brazil affects how his children spend their time in school and work. It opens with a simple theoretical explanation of how income shocks may lead to socially inefficient school drop-out and labour market entry by children in credit-constrained households.DocumentHow does working as a child affect wage, income and poverty as an adult?
World Bank, 2005This 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.DocumentRecent trends in the development agenda of Latin America: an analysis of conditional cash transfers
Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2005This paper analyses the characteristics, design and implementation factors contributing to the popularity of conditional cash transfers (CCT) in Latin America. It is based on an analysis of the Mexican Program of Education, Health and Nutrition (Progresa) and the Brazilian Bolsa Escola.DocumentEducation decentralization and accountability relationships in Latin America
World Bank, 2004This paper analyses decentralisation reforms in the education sector in Latin America, in particular their status, impact, and ongoing challenges.Pages