The "developing world's middle class" is defined here as those who are not poor when judged by the median poverty line …-fifths came from Asia, and half from China. Most of the new entrants remained fairly close to poverty, with incomes now bunched up …

were no education facilities and too few female school graduates who could be trained in the provinces. Given the dire … situation, the shortage of midwives had to be remedied urgently. The community Midwifery Education (CME) Program was created. …

The aim of this volume is to draw international attention to the key role that education can play in both preventing … the devastating consequences of conflict on a country's education systems and outcomes, as well to emphasize the … importance of maximizing the opportunities to reform education systems presented by a reconstruction setting, adopting a long …