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DFID Education papers are available here. Please note that these papers are currently being reformatted for this web site and for print.

1 - School effectiveness in developing countries - A summary of the research evidence

2 - Educational cost-benefit analysis

3 - Reducing the cost of technical and vocational education

4 - Report on reading in English in primary schools in Malawi

5 - Report on reading in English in primary schools in Zambia

6 - Education and development the issues and the evidence

7 - Planning and financing sustainable education systems in Sub-Saharan Africa

9 - Factors affecting female participation in education in seven developing countries

10 - Using literacy - A new approach to post-literacy materials

11 - Education and training for the informal sector

12 - Multi-grade teaching - A review of research and practice

13 - Distance education in engineering for developing countries

14 - Health and HIV/AIDS education in primary and secondary schools in Africa and Asia

15 - Labour market signals and indicators

16 - In-service support for a technological approach to science education

17 - Action research report on reflect

18 - The education and training of artisans for the informal sector in Tanzania

19 - Education research gender, education and development - A partially annotated and selective bibliography

20a - Contextualising teaching and learning in rural primary schools: Using agricultural experience - Volume 1

20b - Contextualising teaching and learning in rural primary schools: Using agricultural experience - Volume 2

21 - Gender and school achievement in the Caribbean

22 - School-based understanding of human rights in four countries: A commonwealth study

23 - Girls and basic education - A cultural enquiry

24 - Investigating bilingual literacy: Evidence from Malawi and Zambia

25 - Promoting girls' education in Africa - The design and implementation of policy interventions

26 - Getting books to school pupils in Africa

27 - Cost Sharing in Education - Public Finance, School and Household Perspectives

28 - Vocational Education and Training in Tanzania and Zimbabwe in the Context of Economic Reform

29 - Re-defining Post-Literacy in a Changing World

30 - In Service for Teacher Development in Sub-Saharan Africa - A Review of Literature Published between 1983-1997

31 - Locally Generated Printed Materials in Agriculture: Experience from Uganda and Ghana

32 - Sector-Wide Approaches to Education - A Strategic Analysis

33 - Distance Education Practice: Training and Rewarding Authors

34 - The Effectiveness of Teacher Resource Centre Strategy

35 - Evaluating Impact

36 - African Journals - An Evaluation of the Use of African-published Journals in African Universities Evaluating Impact

37 - Monitoring the Performance of Educational Programmes in Developing Countries

38 - Towards Responsive Schools Supporting Better Schooling for Disadvantaged Children

39 - Preliminary Investigation of the Abuse of Girls in Zimbabwean Junior Secondary Schools

40 - The Impact of Training on Women's Micro-Enterprise Development

41 - The Quality of Learning and Teaching in Developing Countries: Assessing Literacy and Numeracy in Malawi and Sri Lanka

42 - Learning to Compete: Education, Training & Enterprise in Ghana, Kenya & South Africa

43 - Computers in Secondary Schools in developing countries: costs and other issues

44 The Impact of HIV/AIDS on the University of Botswana: Developing a Comprehensive Strategic Response. 

45-The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Primary and Secondary Education in Botswana: Developing a Comprehensive Strategic Response

46- Education for All: Policy and Planning-Lessons from Sri Lanka

47-Reaching the Poor: The 'Costs' of Sending Children to School

48-Child Labour and its Impact on Children's Access to and Participation in Primary Education

49a-Researching Teacher Education: New Perspectives on Practice, Performance and Policy

49b-Teacher Training in Ghana-Does it Count?

49c-Initial Primary Teacher Education in Lesotho

49d-Primary Teacher Education in Malawi: Insights into Practice and Policy

49e-An Analysis of Primary Teacher Education in Trinidad and Tobago

50-Using ICT to Increase the Effectiveness of Community-Based, Non-Formal Education for Rural People in Sub-Saharan Africa 

51-Globalisation and Skills for Development in Rwanda and Tanzania

52-Understandings of Education in an African Village: the Impact of Information and Communication Technologies

53-Literacy, Gender and Social Agency: Adventures in Empowerment

54-An Investigative Study of the Abuse of Girls in African Schools

African Journals Distribution Programme: Evaluation of the Pilot Project

Breaking the Barriers - Women and the Elimination of World Poverty Case Study Research - A Model of Best Practice at Loreto Day School, Sealdah, Calcutta - Occasional Paper No. 1

The Challenge of Universal Primary Education - Strategies for Achieving the International Development Targets

Education for Reconstruction - Report for the Overseas Development Administration

Eliminating World Poverty: A Challenge for the 21st Century - 1997 White Paper on International Development

Eliminating World Poverty: Making Globalisation Work for the Poor - 2000 White Paper on International Development

Factors Affecting Girl's Access to Schooling in Niger - Final Report to ODA Education Division

Illicit Drugs and the Development Assistance Programme - Strategy Paper

Improving the Quality of Teaching and Learning through Community Participation: Achievements, Limitations and Risks

Learning Opportunities for All - A Policy Framework for Education

Poverty Elimination and the Empowerment of Women

Realizing Human Rights for Poor People - Strategies for Achieving the International Development Targets

Redressing Gender Inequalities in Education - A Review of Constraints and Priorities in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe


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