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1 January 1997
Published by: Practical Action Publishing
In this sequel to 'Rural Development: Putting the Last First', Robert Chambers argues that central issues in development have been overlooked, and that many past errors have flowed from domination by those with power.
1 January 1997
Published by: IDS
This paper uses multivariate regression techniques to analyse household survey data collected in rural Tanzania in 1992. It focuses on how household and individual characteristics affect whether or not a child goes to primary school, completes primary and attends secondary.
1 January 1997
This simulation model has been developed to help educational planners and researchers analyse the financial impacts of policy...
1 January 1997
Published by: IDS
The report examines the causes of low participation, persistence and performance of girls in primary schools in Ethiopia, both absolutely, and relatively to boys; identifies the most promising policy options; and investigates the cost and resource implications of a carefully designed set of policy options to achieve schooling for all over a fifteen year period.
1 January 1997
Published by: IDS
The Education For All Conference, which was co-sponsored by three United Nations agencies (UNESCO, UNICEF and UNDP) and the World Bank, was held in Jomtien, Thailand in March 1990.
1 January 1997
Published by: IDS
The central aim of this Paper is to review the current understanding of how institutional arrangements can either encourage or discourage the pursuit of sustainable livelihoods.
1 January 1997
Published by: IDS
Many low and middle income countries are considering radical health sector reforms. Their policy-makers are asking fundamental questions about how services should be financed, the relationship between service providers and government, and the role of the state in ensuring that health services are cost-effective and equitable.
1 January 1997
Published by: IDS
This report examines the relationship between the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP), a controversial dam under construction in western India, and Kutch, which is supposed to benefit from the dam.
1 January 1997
Published by: IDS
The aims of the study are two-fold: to examine the causes of low participation, persistence and performance of girls in primary schools, both absolutely, and relative to boys; to identify the most promising policy choices facing states which wish seriously to universalise the enrolment of all children at primary level, and to investigate the resource implications of such alternative policies.
1 January 1997
Published by: IDS
The debate on 'social exclusion' has mostly taken place in developed countries, but closely mirrors the debate on 'poverty' in developing countries: both stress the problem of multiple deprivation, the psycho-social factors, and the importance of agency and participation in the widest sense.
