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  Farmers' life school manual

  UNDP South East Asia HIV and Development, 2004

  Rural farming communities are particularly threatened by HIV/AIDS, leaving household security at stake. Recognising the warning signs in Asia, FAO and UNDP set up a joint initiative: The Farmers’ Life School. The project was originally field-tested in Cambodia and has generated considerable international interest.
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  Where has all the education gone in Zimbabwe?: employment outcomes among secondary school and university leavers

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This report analyses the results of surveys investigating the labour market experiences of high school leavers and university graduates in Zimbabwe, to examine whether the education system is meeting the needs of students and the labour market.The report details the further education and training activities leavers and graduates undertake to improve their labour market opportunities, describes
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  Approaches to estimating the impact of HIV/AIDS on teachers

  UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development, 2004

  This paper summarises discussions from the first meeting of the UK working group on Education and HIV/AIDS.
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  Education-specific human capital mismatch in Central European countries and Russia: a comparative study

  Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and the Economics Institute, Prague, 2004

  The accumulation of human capital is considered a key determinant in projecting a developing country’s economic performance over time. Adult populations across Central and Eastern Europe average 10 years of schooling, or more, comparable or higher than most OECD countries. As a result, it’s often concluded that these countries are automatically well-poised to compete in a market economy.
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  At what age?...are school-children employed married and taken to court? (Second Edition)

  Right to Education, 2004

  This publication analyses legislation to determine whether minimum age legislation protects children’s right to education, as established in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).Through an updated analysis of the most recent reports presented by States Parties to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the paper considers whether legislation on minimum ages for entry into work a
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  Learning and teaching participation: exploring the role of Higher Learning Institutions as agents of development and social change

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004

  This paper explores the potential of Higher Learning Institutions (HLIs) as agents of social, institutional and individual change.
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  Information and communication technologies in education in the South: beyond futurological prophecies and critical dystopias

  Norwegian Network on ICT and Development, 2003

  Series of papers and presentations from a meeting held on 2-3 October 2003 at the Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, University of Bergen.Papers include: Information and communication technology-appropriation in Ecuador: educative initiatives with disadvantaged groups by Patricia Bermudez ICT and multicultural practice by Katherine GoodnowUsing the Internet Cafe at Techniko
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  Children having children: state of the world’s mothers 2004

  Save the Children Fund, USA, 2004

  This report, published by Save the Children, focuses on girls who become mothers while still children themselves, highlighting the particular health risks and challenges which they, and their children, face. It includes the first ever Early Motherhood Risk Ranking which analyses data on child motherhood from 50 countries.
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  Evaluating the food for education program in Bangladesh

  Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australia, 2003

  This paper evaluates the effect of the eight year old Bangladeshi Food for Education (FFE) programme on primary school participation and duration of schooling using household sample survey data collected in 2000.Employing various evaluation methodologies, the paper finds that the programme is successful in that participating children, on average, have 20 to 30 per cent higher school participati
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  Child labour and access to basic services: evidence from five countries

  Understanding Children’s Work (UCW) Programme, 2004

  Analyses of the determinants of child labour have largely neglected the role of access to basic services. The availability of these services can affect the value of children’s time and, concomitantly, household decisions concerning how this time is allocated between school and work.

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