Politics of Education in Developing Countries : From Schooling to Learning

This book examines the politics of the learning crisis in the global South, where learning outcomes have stagnated or worsened, despite progress towards Universal Primary Education since the 1990s. Comparative analysis of education reform in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ghana, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uga...

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Other Authors: Hickey, Sam (Editor), Hossain, Naomi (Editor)
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