This wrap-up volume of the PISA 2000 project presents the key findings, including fascinating findings on reading performance, characteristics of successful students, differences between the interests and study habits of boys and girls, the effect of school climate and resources on student...

Institutions whose goal is to help those at the margins have been a feature of social life for centuries. Today, social assistance institutions have integration and encouragement as their goal. They seek to avoid exclusion and stigmatisation.Poverty can tear at the fabric of society. However,...

(...) Kohl, R.: Globalisation and inequality in Southeast Asia. Forrester, G.: Accessing essential services. Reforming the role of government in Indonesia. Hashim, S.: Governance and social policy in Malaysia. May, R. J.: Governance and social safety nets in the Philippines. Phananiramai, M. ;...