书目名称 | External Influences and the Educational Landscape |
副标题 | Analysis of Politica |
编辑 | Alexander Krauss |
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概述 | Includes supplementary material: |
丛书名称 | SpringerBriefs in Economics |
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描述 | While the analysis is not the first to investigate empirically the effects of different individual or household factors on school access and completion of Ghanaians, it extends previous work by simultaneously incorporating individual, household, community, regional and national characteristics and also illustrates the latest evidence by applying international data sources and unusually detailed household survey data for a sub-Saharan country. Its focus is threefold: (i) gaining a richer understanding of which external influences hinder educational access and attainment in Ghana, (ii) how to better tackle these challenges and (iii) analyzing how educational development affects the country‘s overall development. An interview with the Minister of Education helps guide the policy orientation of the analysis by identifying several critical challenges and areas of needed policy attention. Findings from the data analysis indicate that the geographic divide between the North and South, increased economic growth, demographic pressure and a number of individual, household and community factors especially children‘s nutritional and labour status are the most important challenges in increasin |
出版日期 | Book 2013 |
关键词 | Economic Growth; Education; Education Policy; Ghana; Sub-Saharan Africa |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4936-2 |
isbn_softcover | 978-1-4614-4935-5 |
isbn_ebook | 978-1-4614-4936-2Series ISSN 2191-5504 Series E-ISSN 2191-5512 |
issn_series | 2191-5504 |
copyright | Alexander Krauss 2013 |