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An Unfair Start: Inequality in Children's Education in Rich Countries
In the world’s richest countries, some children do worse at school than others because of circumstances beyond their control, such as where they were ...

Basic Education: A vision for the 21st century. Global Seminar Report, 1998
The ninth Innocenti Global Seminar took as its theme: Basic Education: A Vision for the 21st Century. The Seminar addressed the urgent need for improved ...

Child Labour and Basic Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
The high primary school enrolment rates in Latin America and the Caribbean mask poor performance in terms of the quality, relevance and cost-effectiveness ...

Un comienzo injusto: La desigualdad en la educación de los niños en los países ricos
En los países más ricos del mundo, a algunos niños les va peor en la escuela que a otros debido a circunstancias que escapan a su control, como el lugar ...

Un départ dans la vie marqué par les injustices Inégalités scolaires chez les enfants dans les pays riches
Dans les pays les plus riches, certains enfants connaissent plus de difficultés scolaires que d’autres, liées à des circonstances sur lesquelles ils n'ont ...

Foundational literacy and numeracy in rural Afghanistan: Findings from a baseline learning assessment of accelerated learning centres
In Afghanistan, 93% of children cannot read a simple text by the age of 10. Education is not available to everyone, especially for girls and children ...

How discerning patterns develops and affects well-being throughout childhood
Drawing from a multidisciplinary evidence base, what is the empirical and theoretical knowledge of children’s discerning patterns and how does it interact ...

Is EFA Affordable? Estimating the global minimum cost of 'Education for All'
Progress towards the target of universal access to basic education by the year 2000, set by two global conferences in 1990, has been too slow in many ...

Learning or Labouring? A compilation of key texts on child work and basic education
'Learning or Labouring' samples current thinking on the critical relationship between child work and basic education and should provide busy programme ...

Partire svantaggiati: La disuguaglianza educativa tra i bambini dei paesi ricchi
Nei paesi più ricchi del mondo, alcuni bambini hanno un rendimento scolastico inferiore ad altri a causa di circostanze al di fuori del loro controllo, ...

Prevention, Protection, and Production: Evidence from the Zambian Child Grant Programme
Unlike conditional cash transfers, unconditional transfers have the potential to impact all beneficiary household members across a range of productive ...

Reopening with Resilience: Lessons from remote learning during COVID-19 – Eastern and Southern Africa
The widespread school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated the learning crisis for children living in Eastern and Southern Africa. The ...

Time to Teach: L’assiduité des enseignants et le temps consacré à l’enseignement dans les écoles primaires en Côte d’Ivoire
Si la Côte d’Ivoire a accompli de grands progrès pour faciliter l’accès à son système éducatif et en améliorer la qualité, d’importantes lacunes subsistent ...

Time to Teach: Teacher attendance and time on task in Ghana
Education has been a priority for Ghana since its independence, with current expenditures representing double the average for Africa and other developing ...

El Trabajo Infantile y la Educación Básica en America Latina y el Caribe