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Category Archives: Developing countries
L’aide au développement en 2009 : un verre à moitié vide ou à moitié plein ?
De nouvelles données sur l’aide au développement ont été publiées par l’OCDE mercredi, donnant pour la première fois une idée de l’impact de la crise financière sur l’aide au développement. Alors comment les choses se présentent-elles? Premièrement, de quasi bonnes … Continue reading
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Aid in 2009 : a glass half full or half empty?
By Elise Legault, research officer, Education for All Global Monitoring Report New aid figures were released on Wednesday by the OECD, shedding for the first time some light on the impact of the financial crisis on development assistance. So how … Continue reading
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When education saves lives (2): reducing maternal mortality
By Kevin Watkins, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report There are few starker indicators of global inequality than maternal mortality. Risks of death from causes associated with pregnancy in childbirth are heavily concentrated in developing countries – … Continue reading
When learning saves lives: education and child mortality
By Kevin Watkins, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report Give a man a fish, as the saying goes, and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and you nourish him for a lifetime. But … Continue reading
India’s ground-breaking Right to Education Act
Numerous voices have risen this week to praise India’s historic Right to Education Act, which came into force on 1 April. The new law establishes the right to education of every child aged 6 to 14, and addresses India’s need … Continue reading
