Countries that have sustained rapid growth over decades have typically had a strong public commitment to expanding education as well as to improving learning outcomes. South Asian countries have made considerable progress in expanding access to primary and secondary schooling, with countries...

This book quantitatively analyses data to demonstrate India's recent progress in the education sector. India, as one of the world's fastest growing economies, currently enjoys what is termed a 'demographic dividend' meaning that, compared to most other countries, it has a relatively young...

Up until the outbreak of conflict in 2011, Syrian young people were among the most educated in the Middle East region, with Syria having achieved near universal primary education enrolment and a high rate of completed secondary education. Due to the years of conflict, many Syrian are currently...

Market forces in Swedish education / Magnus Dahlstedt & Andreas Fejes -- School choice, inequality and segregation -- Public schools' market strategies / Håkan Forsberg & Mikael Palme -- Equity and choice for newly arrived migrants / Dennis Beach & Marianne Dovemark -- Consequences of free...