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  title info:
    title: External Influences and the Educational Landscape
    sub title: Analysis of Political, Economic, Geographic, Health and Demographic Factors in Ghana
  name:
    name part: Krauss, Alexander.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxu
    date issued: 2013
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: X, 143 p. 23 illus., 15 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: 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 increasing levels of education among Ghanaians in years to come. Finally, the analysis pilots a new and comprehensive results- and capacity-focused policy matrix to help the Government of Ghana realign policy priorities and reform existing programs. To this end, respective policy levers on the demand- and supply-side are discussed, with particular reference to external and demand-side interventions which have not received the necessary attention at the policy-level to improve educational opportunities and outcomes at all levels.
  note: by Alexander Krauss.
  subject:
    topic: Educational policy
  subject:
    topic: ducation and state
  subject:
    topic: Economic policy
  subject:
    topic: Development economics
  subject:
    topic: Economics
  subject:
    topic: Development Economics
  subject:
    topic: Economic Policy
  subject:
    topic: Educational Policy and Politics
  classification: HD72-88
  classification: 338.9
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: SpringerBriefs in Economics, 49
  identifier: 9781461449362
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4936-2
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    record creation date: 121030
    record change date: 20151204154115.0
    record identifier: 978-1-4614-4936-2