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Abetti, Pauline; Beardmore, Sarah; Tapp, Charles, Winthrop, Rebecca – Brookings Institution, 2011
The future of bilateral aid to basic education is at risk, placing the educational opportunities of many of the world's poorest girls and boys on the line. Some donor governments are reducing overall bilateral assistance, others are phasing out long-standing partnerships with particular developing countries and several are abandoning education as…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Opportunities, At Risk Students, Foreign Countries
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Handa, Sudhanshu; Pineda, Heiling; Esquivel, Yannete; Lopez, Blancadilia; Gurdian, Nidia Veronica; Regalia, Ferdinando – Economics of Education Review, 2009
Almost 900m adolescents and adults are illiterate in the developing world, yet most policy discussions focus on the educational circumstances of primary aged children. As a result non-formal educational programs for adolescents and adults are given very little support, and this group is virtually ignored in international agreements such as the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Adults, Illiteracy