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Chinen, Marjorie; Hoop, Thomas; Balarin, María; Alcázar, Lorena – Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2016
A recent International Labour Organization (ILO) report has documented the limited opportunities for women in the labour market (ILO, 2016). The report shows that women face higher unemployment and underemployment than men, are more often employed in the informal labour market and in family enterprises, and are overrepresented in lower skill…
Descriptors: Womens Education, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Skilled Occupations
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Vanwesenbeeck, Ine; Westeneng, Judith; de Boer, Thilly; Reinders, Jo; van Zorge, Ruth – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2016
Today, more than half of the world population is under the age of 25 years and one in four is under age 18. The urgency of expanding access to Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) notably for children and young people in Africa and Asia is greater than ever before. However, many challenges to the implementation and delivery of CSE in resource…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Low Income
Johnson, Bethany; Weber, Adam; Ying, Chris – US Agency for International Development, 2021
Since 2018, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has worked in more than 80 countries to ensure that children and youth have access to the education and skills they need to be productive members of society. The launch of USAID's Education Policy in 2018 encouraged USAID Missions to be as adaptive, flexible, and responsive…
Descriptors: International Organizations, International Programs, Federal Programs, Educational Strategies
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Ra, Sungsup; Chin, Brian; Lim, Cher Ping – Educational Media International, 2016
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) offers opportunities for governments to address key education challenges of quality, equity, and efficiency. While governments and educational institutions in developed countries may have taken up these opportunities, many developing countries in Asia and the Pacific region have often missed them out.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Holistic Approach, Information Technology
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Brown, Gordon; Shaklee, Beverly – School-University Partnerships, 2014
This article attempts to describe the creation and implementation of the first Professional Development School (PDS) model of teacher education in Panama. The authors set the context within brief histories of international education and PDSs and provide operational definitions of the critical terminology. To be sure, the scope and scale of the…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Developing Nations, Teacher Education Programs, Program Descriptions
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Young, Michael – Journal of Education and Work, 2011
The one-year research project on the implementation of NQFs in developing countries was launched by the ILO 2009 in collaboration with the ETF. This article reviews some of the educational issues that arose from the project. The findings of the case studies raise issues that are important for how future research and policy on NQFs is taken…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Program Implementation, Performance Factors, Research Projects
Rajbhandari, Mani Man Singh – Online Submission, 2011
Education is socially and economically beneficial for the country to grow large in future. Many researchers claims expenditure in education generates more productivity than expenditure in infrastructural development of the country. This instigated for move towards educational progression, especially in developing countries where majority of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Rural Areas, Educational Development
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Lam, Elaine – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2011
This article outlines policies from multilateral organisations that advocate sharing best practices between developing nations. The article discusses the degree to which these best practices are implemented by small states as indicated by teachers, academics and policymakers in Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago. For the purpose of this article, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Program Implementation, Resistance to Change
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Tedre, Matti; Bangu, Nicholas; Nyagava, Seth I. – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2009
Tumaini University at Iringa, Tanzania, started a new B.Sc. program in IT in 2007. In the course of planning and implementation of the program, we found out that standard ACM/IEEE IT curricula are not adequate for an IT program in a poor, developing country. The standard curricula describe, in detail, the competences that IT specialists in…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Program Implementation
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Wallenborn, Manfred – International Journal of Educational Development, 2009
Vocational education and training (VET) can contribute to the attainment of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. A key to economic and social progress is the training of better-qualified individuals and skilled enterprise staff who will be more productive, improving goods, increasing incomes and adapting to changing markets. Experts…
Descriptors: Poverty, Rural Economics, International Cooperation, Vocational Education
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Stodberg, Ulf; Orre, Carl Johan – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2010
Purpose: This paper seeks to present the issue of e-learning development in a public university in Bolivia, together with challenges that could support the work of a sustainable development of practice and educational technologies. Design/methodology/approach: The paper presents the first phase of an interpretative case study. It comprises data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Sustainability, College Instruction
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Traore, Catherine; Kabore, Catherine; Rouamba, Dieudonne – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2008
This article describes a real-life project currently being conducted in Burkina Faso--the bilingual education continuum--and explains its original and innovative aspects with respect to the teaching methods used and the development and process by which it is implemented in the schools. The article focuses on five main points: the status of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Innovation, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Akoojee, Salim; Nkomo, Mokubung – International Journal of Educational Development, 2011
Access to higher education is a key challenge of the 21st century state. The link between higher education and personal and socio-economic development has intensified the need for ensuring that greater numbers of citizens have expanded access to and have been provided with quality higher education. The article seeks to explore how initiatives for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Development, Higher Education, Sustainable Development
Schramm, Karin – Technological Horizons in Education, 1985
Examines the impact of introducing data processing in middle-level accountancy training programs in Botswana. Hardware and software considerations for the program are also examined. Since the beginning of the program, some 300 students have been trained in accounting. (JN)
Descriptors: Accounting, Computer Software, Data Processing, Developing Nations
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Shepard, Clinton L.; Roth, Robert E. – Environmentalist, 1984
The Dominican Republic has taken steps to develop and implement a comprehensive plan (called Plan Sierra) for national natural resources management. The plan (which includes an environmental education component) demonstrates a commitment to Stockholm Recommendation 96 in a way that could become a model for other Latin American nations. (JN)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Environmental Education, National Programs, Natural Resources
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