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Achieving schooling for all in Africa : costs, commitment, and gender / Christopher Colclough ... [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--Aims and objectives--Africa.
- Education.
- Education--Aims and objectives.
- Basic education.
- Africa.
- Education--Social aspects--Africa.
- Education--Social aspects.
- Basic education--Africa.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2003]
- Contents:
- 1 Poverty, Schooling and Gender: Some Theoretical Issues 1
- 2 Causes of Enrolment Outcomes: Costs versus Commitment 25
- 3 The Gender Gap in Primary Enrolments: A Cross-Country Analysis 53
- 4 Costs versus Commitment in Nine Countries 91
- 5 Gender Disparities in Schooling: Causes and Constraints 119
- 6 Policies to Achieve Schooling for All 161
- 7 Can Aid to African Schooling be Expected to Close the Financial and Policy Gaps? 211.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-288) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0754638073
- OCLC:
- 52514456
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