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Simo Fotso, Arlette; Solaz, Anne; Diene, Mbaye; Tsafack Nanfosso, Roger – Education Economics, 2018
Although most of the world's disabled people live in developing countries, little is known about the consequences of disability in this part of the world. Using the DHS-MICS 2011 data of Cameroon, this paper contributes to the literature by providing new robust estimates of the effect of child disability on education in a developing country…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Children, Disabilities
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Tibenderana, Prisca; Ogao, Patrick; Ikoja-Odongo, J.; Wokadala, James – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2010
This study concerns the adoption of Information Communication Technology (ICT) services in libraries. The study collected 445 usable data from university library end-users using a cross-sectional survey instrument. It develops, applies and tests a research model of acceptance and use of such services based on an existing UTAUT model by Venkatesh,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Services, Electronic Libraries, Information Technology
Zymelman, Manuel – 1976
This paper presents data on educational expenditures of lesser developed countries (LDCs) and member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and compares patterns of expenditures by levels of education. Expenditures for each level of education are also analyzed in terms of unit costs, enrollment rates, and the…
Descriptors: Demography, Developing Nations, Educational Economics, Educational Finance
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Div. of Statistics on Education. – 1975
This publication consists of three papers that deal with the statistical evaluation of the inschool and out-of-school population of UNESCO member nations from a purely demographic viewpoint. Particular attention is devoted to the statistical aspects of measuring school retardation, the age structure of the enrolled and not-enrolled population, and…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
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Braungart, Richard G.; Braungart, Margaret M. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1989
Using a data set of 123 countries, the status of youth was analyzed on a global scale. The relative proportions of youth and adult populations and the opportunities nations provided their young people were evaluated. The implications of inter-age and intra-age stratification throughout the world are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Groups, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Developed Nations
Nascimento, Geraldo – 1990
Global figures that reveal the magnitude of the problem of illiteracy in the world disguise great disparities. For example, most of the illiteracy in the world is in developing countries. Therefore, it is preferable, and more appropriate in terms of numerical importance, to concentrate the analysis of illiteracy on developing countries. Such…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Census Figures, Data Interpretation