Achieving Schooling for All in Africa: Costs, Commitment, and Gender

by Colclough, Christopher; Al-Samarrai, Samer; Rose, Pauline; Tembon, Mercy

• ISBN13: 9780754638070
• ISBN10: 0754638073
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co

Summary

Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest primary enrolments of any major region in the developing world and the number of children out of school is increasing faster in SSA than elsewhere. This timely study (in line with the Millennium Development Goals) examines the methods adopted by the international community to tackle the chronic problems of schooling and poverty in developing countries.This book will appeal to researchers and teachers on African development, officials in international agencies working on education and development and Government officials in African education.

Author Biography

Christopher Colclough is Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Boxes	vii
List of Tables	ix
Preface	xi
1 Poverty, Schooling and Gender: Some Theoretical Issues	1	(24)
2 Causes of Enrolment Outcomes: Costs versus Commitment	25	(28)
3 The Gender Gap in Primary Enrolments: A Cross-Country Analysis	53	(38)
4 Costs versus Commitment in Nine Countries	91	(28)
5 Gender Disparities in Schooling: Causes and Constraints	119	(42)
6 Policies to Achieve Schooling for Al!	161	(50)
7 Can Aid to African Schooling he Expected to Close the Financial and Policy Gaps?	211	(28)
8 Conclusions - What Have We Learned?	239	(18)
Tables Appendix	257	(4)
Technical Appendix	261	(14)
Bibliography	275	(14)
Index	289