From schooling access to learning outcomes, an unfinished agenda [[electronic resource] ] : an evaluation of World Bank support to primary education / / H. Dean Nielsen

• Autore: Nielsen H. Dean
• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (152 p.)
• Disciplina: 379.1/291724
• Soggetto topico: Education, Elementary - Developing countries; Education - Developing countries - Finance; Educational assistance - Developing countries - Evaluation
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-127).
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Trends in World Bank support to primary education -- Improving access and learning outcomes for the disadvantaged -- Better management for better outcomes -- Conclusions and recommendations.
• Sommario/riassunto: Basic knowledge and skills-not years of education -are key to reducing poverty. Raising enrollments and completing primary schooling are necessary but not sufficient for ensuring basic knowledge and skills. Developing countries and partner agencies like the World Bank, need to focus on raising learning outcomes, particularly among disadvantaged children, to realize the poverty reduction benefits of investing in primary education. The Education for All (EFA) movement, launched in 1990, has resulted in an extraordinary mobilization of World Bank and country resources in support of basic educatio
• Titolo autorizzato: From schooling access to learning outcomes, an unfinished agenda
• ISBN: 1-280-56467-9; 9786610564675; 0-8213-6793-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451681203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II