Towards universal primary education : investments, incentives, and institutions /

The Millennium Development Goals adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000 are the world's targets for dramatically reducing extreme poverty in its many dimensions by 2015--income poverty hunger disease exclusion lack of infrastructure and shelter-while promoting gender equality education hea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Birdsall, Nancy
Autor Corporativo: UN Millenium Project. Task Force on Education and Gender Equality
Outros autores: Levine, Ruth, 1959-, Ibrahim, Amina
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: London : Sterling, Va. : Earthscan, 2005.
Series:UN Millennium Project 2005.
Acceso en liña:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=130551
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; Task force members; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Millennium Development Goals; Executive summary; Part 1: Setting the stage; Chapter 1: The task force's contribution; Chapter 2: Education and society: multiple benefits, unrealized potential; Chapter 3: The Goals and the history of goal-setting in education; Chapter 4: Trends in primary education and gender parity; Part 2: Education systems in developing countries: income, institutions, and incentives; Chapter 5: Education systems in developing countries.