The politics of education in developing countries from schooling to learning

Why have many developing countries that have succeeded in expanding access to education made such limited progress on improving learning outcomes? There is a growing recognition that the learning crisis constitutes a significant dimension of global inequality and also that educational outcomes in de...

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Other Authors: Hickey, Samuel (Editor), Hossain, Naomi (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2019, 2019
Edition:First edition
Series:Oxford scholarship online / Oxford scholarship online
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Why have many developing countries that have succeeded in expanding access to education made such limited progress on improving learning outcomes? There is a growing recognition that the learning crisis constitutes a significant dimension of global inequality and also that educational outcomes in developing countries are shaped by political as well as socio-economic and other factors. This book focuses on how politics shapes the capacity and commitment of elites to tackle the learning crisis in six developing countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ghana, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 2019. - Includes index
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780191873201