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    Ensuring a more evidence-based policy for basic education

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2008
    The Philippines’ Department of Education (DepEd), through its Basic Education Social Reform Agenda (BESRA), has sought to meet the Philippine Education for All (EFA) 2015 goals that were officially adopted in 2006. This masterplan aims to attain the improvement of the quality of basic education for every Filipino by 2015.
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    A quality education for all: a history of the Lao PDR inclusive education project

    2009
    The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) Inclusive Education (IE) Project is one of the longest running projects of its kind internationally. In May 2009, funding for the project came to an end, bringing to a close a 16 year long journey, during which many challenges had been faced and lessons learned.
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    Education for all 2000-2015: achievements and challenges

    UNESDOC: Online UNESCO documents, 2015
    In 2000, at the World Education Forum in Dakar, Senegal, 164 governments agreed on the Dakar Framework for Action, Education for All: Meeting our Collective Commitments, launching an ambitious agenda to reach six wide-ranging education goals by 2015.
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    Children still battling to go to school

    Education for All, UNESCO, 2013
    The 2011 Education for All Global Monitoring Report exposed the hidden crisis of education in conflict-affected countries. Building on the report, this policy paper shows that urgent action is needed to bring education to the 28.5 million primary school age children out of school in countries affected by conflict.
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    Complementary basic education

    Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2014
    This helpdesk report asks:
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    Gender differentiated benefit incidence of the Department of Education: basic education for all?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2005
    Are there gender disparities and inequalities in basic education in the Philippines? To what extent do they exist? And what are the underlying reasons for the barriers faced in educational access not only in terms of gender but as a whole? These are some of the questions that the authors try to answer in these Notes.
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    Subsidising education: are school vouchers the solution?

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2010
    Good quality education is out of reach for many poor people, due to its high costs. Governments try to make it more accessible by subsidising it. School vouchers provide one means subsidise education. Vouchers allow students to expand their school choice, including attending private schools, potentially providing “better quality” education.
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    Education for all: how to pass the 2015 grade?

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2010
    Lack of education is one of the many dimensions of poverty. Achieving universal primary education is not only a goal in itself but also a contributing factor to achieve other development goals, such as a reduced rate of HIV/AIDS, better resource management, lower poverty and inequality and sustained economic growth, 2003.
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    Getting girls into school: a development benefit for all

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2009
    A disproportionate number of girls remain out of schools in many developing countries. Evidence shows there is a need for ‘gender-targeted’ programs. Such targeted programs may be financial incentives - which a number have studies have found to be effective - or female-friendly schools, for which the evidence base is weak.
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    Quality education for all children? Briefing paper

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2013
    Governments and donors as part of their commitment to achieve Education for All by 2015 have pledged to get children into school, provide them with quality education and respond to their learning needs. But what is most effective in getting children into school, keeping them there and ensuring that they learn?

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