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The Power of Position
University of California Press 2004; US$ 65.00Throughout the twentieth century, Beijing University (or Beida) has been at the center of China's greatest political and cultural upheavals?from the May Fourth Movement of 1919 to the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s to the tragic events in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Why this should be?how Beida's historical importance has come to transcend that of... more...
Information and Communication Technologies for Development in Africa - Volume 3
International Development Research Centre 2004; US$ 30.00This volume documents the processes used, and institutions created, to bring computers and connectivity into schools, as a means of enhancing the use and integration of ICTs in teaching and learning. A range of project, administrative, and cultural settings are explored as are a wide variety of technical solutions. more...
Student Power in Africa's Higher Education
Routledge 2006; US$ 65.00Provides a historical analysis of the role of student voices in the development of Uganda's higher education. This book not only chronicles incidents of student protests, but also explores and analyses their trigger points as well as the strategies employed by the university, the government, and the students to manage or resolve those crises. more...
Going to School in Sub-Saharan Africa
Greenwood Publishing Group 2008; US$ 65.00This volume examines schooling history and practices in Sub-Saharan Africa, for countries such as Angola, the Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and South Africa. more...
Strategies for Sustainable Financing of Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
World Bank Publications 2008; US$ 14.99Investment in secondary schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa has been neglected since the World Conference on Education for All at Jomtien. The World Education Forum in Dakar began to recognize the growing importance of post-primary schooling for development. Only 25 percent of school-age children attend secondary school in the regionand fewer complete... more...
The Link Between Health, Social Issues, and Secondary Education
World Bank Publications 2007; US$ 9.99This working paper is based on a literature review and country case studies in six Sub-Saharan African countries: Eritrea, Mali, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania. It looks at the role of secondary education and training in promoting health, civics and life skills among the African youth. Specifically, this study focuses on examining which... more...
School Construction Strategies for Universal Primary Education in Africa
World Bank Publications 2009; US$ 14.99School Construction Strategies for Universal Primary Education in Africa' examines the scope of the infrastructure challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa and the constraints to scaling up at an affordable cost. It assesses the experiences of African countries with school planning, school facility designs, and construction techniques, procurement and implementation... more...
The Challenge of Expanding Secondary Education and Training in Madagascar
World Bank Publications 2008; US$ 9.99This report, produced with the help of Madagascars national education team in 2006-07, is designed to contribute to ongoing education reform discussions. It analyzes the constraints to system expansion and presents possible next steps for an appropriate course of action. This report aims to encourage discussion among policymakers, stakeholders... more...
Transitions in Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
World Bank Publications 2008; US$ 9.99This working paper discusses equity and efficiency issues in secondary education transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa. Its main purpose is to identify and analyze national, regional, and local measures that may lead to the development of more efficient and seamless transitions between post-primary education pathways. In most African countries student... more...
Accelerating Catch-up
World Bank Publications 2008; US$ 14.99Sub-Saharan Africa has recently enjoyed a surge in economic growth due to the rising prices of its commodities and natural resources. To sustain this growth in the face of intensifying global competition, African countries may wish to align their tertiary education and research systems more closely to national economic development based on a deepening... more...









