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Checchi, Daniele; Salvi, Angelica – African Educational Research Journal, 2017
This study provides evidence on the distribution of school attendance and educational attainment across African countries, focusing on the correlation with literacy rates in the population, level of resources and country institutional features. The study also estimate sample correlations between enrolment and macroaggregates, related to resources…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Role of Education, Attendance, Educational Attainment
Andrabi, Tahir; Das, Jishnu; Khwaja, Asim Ijaz – Human Development Network Education, 2011
With an estimated 115 million children not attending primary school in the developing world, increasing access to education is critical. Resource constraints limit the effectiveness of demand-based subsidies. This paper focuses on the importance of a supply-side factor--the availability of low-cost teachers--and the resulting ability of the market…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Access to Education, Teacher Supply and Demand