This paper synthesizes the findings from nine case studies of successful complementary education programs in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Mali, and Zambia. The programs serve populations that otherwise have limited or no access to government provided schooling, and are not meant to serve as non-formal alternatives to primary education.
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Pour arriver à l’Education Pour Tous : Modèles efficaces d’éducation complémentaire pour les délaissés
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2006
Keywords: Pour arriver à l’Education Pour Tous : Modèles efficaces d’éducation complémentaire pour les délaissés, Complementary Education Models, Strategies for Achieving EFA, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Mali, Zambia
Meeting EFA: Zambia Community Schools
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2006
Keywords: Meeting EFA: Zambia Community Schools, Zambia, Complementary Education Models, Strategies for Achieving EFA
This case study examines community schools in Zambia in an attempt to assess the contribution they make to meeting the educational needs of students and, in particular, orphans and vulnerable children.
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Looking Below the Surface: Reaching the Out of School Children
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2006
Keywords: Out of school children, school attendance, sub-national regions, development
This working paper is the first in the series of EPDC papers to describe large sub-national school attendance differentials in 30 developing countries. The paper finds that sub-national attendance differentials are correlated with the overall development context within sub-national regions.
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Looking Below the Surface: Reaching the Out of School Children
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2006
Keywords: Out of school children, school attendance, sub-national regions, development
This working paper is the first in the series of EPDC papers to describe large sub-national school attendance differentials in 30 developing countries. The paper finds that sub-national attendance differentials are correlated with the overall development context within sub-national regions.
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Looking Below the Surface: Reaching the Out of School Children
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2006
Keywords: Out of school children, school attendance, sub-national regions, development
This working paper is the first in the series of EPDC papers to describe large sub-national school attendance differentials in 30 developing countries. The paper finds that sub-national attendance differentials are correlated with the overall development context within sub-national regions.
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Public Expenditure Tracking in Education
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2005
Keywords: Public Expenditure Tracking in Education, Decentralization in Education Systems, Decentralization, Bangladesh, Ecuador, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Uganda, Zambia
Developing countries have increased spending on primary-secondary education in recent years to fulfill their commitment to quality education for all. However, several countries have been disappointed in the results of their additional investments and have begun to explore the reasons for the meager gains. The Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) has been an important tool in these investigations.
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Primary Completion Rates
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2005
Keywords: Household survey, administrative data, completion rate, universal primary education
This technical paper utilizes data from the DHS conducted in 15 countries and administrative data from three countries to improve our understanding of the completion rate as an effective indicator of country's progress towards universal primary education.
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Forecasting Human Capital: Using Demographic Multi-State Methods by Age, Sex, and Education
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2005
Keywords: Human capital, educational investments, forecasting, demographics, Guinea, Nicaragua, Zambia
This working paper presents demographic, multi-state population projections as a tool to demonstrate the long-term effects of human capital on near-term investments in education. This paper demonstrates the feasibility of the method through three education projections for Guinea, Nicaragua, and Zambia.
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Forecasting Human Capital: Using Demographic Multi-State Methods by Age, Sex, and Education
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2005
Keywords: Human capital, educational investments, forecasting, demographics, Guinea, Nicaragua, Zambia
This working paper presents demographic, multi-state population projections as a tool to demonstrate the long-term effects of human capital on near-term investments in education. This paper demonstrates the feasibility of the method through three education projections for Guinea, Nicaragua, and Zambia.
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Forecasting Human Capital: Using Demographic Multi-State Methods by Age, Sex, and Education
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2005
Keywords: Human capital, educational investments, forecasting, demographics, Guinea, Nicaragua, Zambia
This working paper presents demographic, multi-state population projections as a tool to demonstrate the long-term effects of human capital on near-term investments in education. This paper demonstrates the feasibility of the method through three education projections for Guinea, Nicaragua, and Zambia.
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