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A Simulation Model for Education Development

This simulation model has been developed to help educational planners and researchers analyse the financial impacts of policy...

Gender and Primary Schooling in Ethiopia

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.

Has Jomtien Made Any Difference? Trends in Donor Funding for Education and Basic Education Since the Late 1980s

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.

Rules, Norms and the Pursuit of Sustainable Livelihoods

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.

Primary Health Care Meets the Market: Lessons from China and Vietnam

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.

Water, Difference and Power: Kutch and the Sardar Sarovar (Narmada) Project

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.

Gender and Primary Schooling in Guinea

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.

Poverty and Social Exclusion in North and South

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.

Household Constraints on Schooling by Gender: Empirical Evidence from Ethiopia

Published by: IDS

Using data collected during school-based surveys in two regions in Ethiopia, bivariate and multivariate analysis has been carried out to identify some of the important constraints to primary schooling.

Livelihood Adaptation, Public Action and Civil Society: A Review of the Literature

Published by: IDS

The political dimensions of sustainable livelihoods are explored here, drawing on the livelihood adaptation literature in India and Sub-Saharan Africa. The focus is on adaptation to short-term shocks and the negative consequences of longer-term change in livelihood strategies.