02600nam 2200637 450 991046099740332120200520144314.00-8157-2862-X(CKB)3710000000517361(EBL)4009549(MiAaPQ)EBC4009549(OCoLC)965142042(MdBmJHUP)muse51516(Au-PeEL)EBL4009549(CaPaEBR)ebr11220025(CaONFJC)MIL841629(OCoLC)949429212(EXLCZ)99371000000051736120160622h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierWhat works in girls' education evidence for the world's best investment /Gene B. Sperling and Rebecca Winthrop ; with Christina Kwauk ; foreword by Malala YousafzaiWashington, District of Columbia :Brookings Institution Press,2016.©20161 online resource (338 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8157-2860-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Hard-headed evidence on why the returns from investing in girls are so high that no nation or family can afford not to educate their girls. Gene Sperling, author of the seminal 2004 report published by the Council on Foreign Relations, and Rebecca Winthrop, director of the Center for Universal Education, have written this definitive book on the importance of girls' education. As Malala Yousafzai expresses in her foreword, the idea that any child could be denied an education due to poverty, custom, the law, or terrorist threats is just wrong and unimaginable. More than 1,000 studies have providGirlsEducationGirlsEducationDeveloping countriesWomen in developmentEducational equalizationEducational assistanceElectronic books.GirlsEducation.GirlsEducationWomen in development.Educational equalization.Educational assistance.371.822Sperling Gene B.989048Winthrop RebeccaKwauk ChristinaYousafzai MalalaBrookings Institution.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460997403321What works in girls' education2261876UNINA