Education in Africa - Selected Publications

• EDDI Partners in Education: Looking Back, Moving Forward, Together [ 1.2 mb - PDF]
  Office of Sustainable Development, Bureau for Africa
  Conference Proceedings: September 28 - October 4, 2003 Mbabane, Swaziland
• Unsafe Schools : A Literature Review of School-Related Gender-Based Violence in Developing Countries [1225kb - PDF]
  Jo H. Kim, Susan Bailey, et al. Wellesley College, Center for Research on Women
  September 2003
• Literature Review of Community Schools in Africa [853kb - PDF]
  Yolande Miller-Grandvaux and Karla Yoder, Academy for Educational Development
  March 2002
• Community Schools in Mali: Final Report [413kb - PDF]
  Save the Children/USA,
  August 2003
• Life Skills and HIV Education Curricula in Africa: Methods and Evaluations [680kb - PDF]
  USAID/AFR/SD
  July 2003
• Proud Pioneers:Malawian Teachers Implement Continuous Assessment in Primary School Classrooms [300kb - PDF]
  American Institutes for Research (AIR)
  August 2003
• Exploring Factors That Influence Teaching and Learning : Summary Findings from the Improving Educational Quality(IEQ)/Malawi Longitudinal Data 1999-2002 [517kb - PDF]
  Cassandra Jessee, et al. American Institutes for Research (AIR), Malawi Institute of Education and Save the Children
  September 2003
• In My Classroom: a Guide to Reflective Practice [3,502kb - PDF]
  USAID/AFR/SD/ED
  2002
  In My Classroom: A Guide to Reflective Practice helps teachers understand and implement learner centered teaching in the primary grades.
• USAID Africa Bureau: Basic Education Exchange [469kb - PDF]
  September 30 - October 4, 2002, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  USAID/AFR/SD
  April 2003
• Increasing Learning Opportunities for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Africa [332kb - PDF]
  USAID/AFR/SD
  Africa Bureau Brief, No. 3, 2003
• Evolving Partnerships: The Role of NGOs in Basic Education in Africa [502kb - PDF]
  Yolande Miller-Grandvaux, Michel Welmond, and Joy Wolf.
  July 2002
• A Transnational View of Basic Education: Issues of Access, Quality, and Community Participation in West and Central Africa [786kb - PDF]
  [also in French -- 880kb - PDF]
  January 2002
• DHS EdData Education Profiles for Africa: Data from the Demographic and Health Surveys [3,506kb - PDF]
  Tracy Brunette and Linda Padgett.
  2000
• USAID Response to the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Basic Education in Africa [1170kb - PDF]
  USAID/AFR/SD No. 2
  2002
• Helping Children Outgrow War [882kb - PDF]
  [also in French -- 2,229kb - PDF]
  USAID/AFR/SD
  June 2002
  Children are the most vulnerable population affected by armed conflict; they are the first victims of physical, social, and emotional violence, and of failed health systems. When access to education is severed, their potential to develop is stunted.
• Tips for Developing Life Skills Curricula for HIV Prevention Among African Youth: A Synthesis of Emerging Lessons [559kb - PDF]
  [also in French -- 515kb - PDF]
  USAID/AFR/SD
  January 2002
  Skills-based health education for HIV prevention provides learners with the knowledge and skills they need to avoid HIV infection and maintain reproductive health. This document offers practical guidance for those planning, implementing, or strengthening life skills curricula for young people in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Forgotten Children: the Legacy of Poverty and AIDS in Africa - VIDEO TAPE, 13 minutes
  To request a copy, please email abic@dis.cdie.org
  USAID/AFR/SD
  2001
  Chronicles a day in the lives of several children surviving on the streets of Lusaka, Zambia's capital. The video's purpose is to give information that will raise awareness and mobilize resources to confront this crisis.
• Education for All: The Ugandan Experience - VIDEO TAPE
  To request a copy, please email abic@dis.cdie.org
  The World Bank | Global Links Television | USAID/Uganda | USAID/AFR/SD/ED
  February 1999
  This video documents the progress and continuing challenges of Uganda's exemplary reform of its education system since 1990. It looks at what reform has meant to Ugandan teachers, principals, pupils, and parents. Available in English, French, and Spanish and in multiple formats.
• Overview of USAID Basic Education Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa III [1,208kb - PDF]
  SD Technical Paper No. 106.
  February 2001
  Summary account of status to date of each of USAID’s 11 basic education programs in Africa. Areas covered include: country background, status of education reform, USAID program activities, and other donors’ activities.

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