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Education is generally believed to be beneficial in fostering, independent of gender, higher labor productivity. Female … education may, however, cause other socio-economic gains which are not captured by higher wage or better compensation package … enhancing female education and reducing gender education inequality on various measures of sustainable development. After …
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This paper examines the policy initiatives, taken since the 1970s, that have shaped the development of education in … goal of quality universal public education in Pakistan elusive. Specifically, this study reveals that the quest for … universal education has been stymied by interconnected, often self-perpetuating factors, such as:- unprecedented population …
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This paper examines the impact of foreign aid on gender equality in education outcomes in developing countries … indicate that aggregate aid disbursements to the education sector negatively affect gender parity in enrolment at the secondary … and tertiary education levels and have no impact on gender parity in primary education. No impact of subsector specific …
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the vast majority of countries. Third, in many countries with low levels of education for both men and women in 1960 … better. Fourth, gender gaps rarely persist in countries where boys attain high levels of education. Most countries with large … education than men in some regions of the world. Although gender gaps in educational attainment are diminishing in most …
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, Filipino males were somewhat more educated than females. Now the males are lagging behind the females and the education gender … paper argues that today gender equality advocacy should go beyond the stereo-typical focus on girls' education and pay more … attention to issues that are hurting boys’ education. Failure to pursue win-win strategies to address gender bias in education …
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