02838nam a2200361 a 4500 35698 BD-DhAAL 20211206122150.0 200302t2006 dcua b 001 0 eng d 42283 42283 2006031671 1933286148 9781933286143 (OCoLC)71812718 (OCoLC)ocm71812718 DLC DLC C#P BTCTA BAKER YDXCP OUP DLC BD-DhAAL LC212.8 .L49 2006 371.822 22 Lewis, Maureen A., 1952- 39685 Inexcusable absence : why 60 million girls still aren't in school and what to do about it / Maureen A. Lewis and Marlaine E. Lockheed. Washington, D.C. : Center for Global Development, c2006. xiv, 180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p.ages 149-168) and index. Overview: Who are the out-of-school girls--and what can be done to get them in school? -- Sources, forms, and levels of exclusion -- How many girls are excluded? -- Advancing excluded girls' education -- Chapter 1. Progress in girls' education -- Girls catching up--global progress in education -- Why has there been so much progress--and can it continue? -- Lagging performance of groups within countriems remains a challenge -- Conclusions -- Chapter 2. Social exclusion and barriers to girls' schooling -- Multiple sources of social exclusion -- Exclusion and the demand for schooling -- Gender, exclusion, and the supply of schooling -- Discrimination and other barriers to the demand and supply of schooling -- Chapter 3. Multiple exclusions, educational attainment, and student performance -- Evidence from OECD countries -- Evidence from developing countries on gender, exclusion, and primary school enrollment and completion -- Evidence from developing countries on gender, exlusion, and learning -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Strategies for addressing the multiple sources of exclusion faced by girls -- Altering education policies and addressing discrimination -- Expanding options for schooling -- Improving the quality and relevance of schools and classrooms -- Creating incentives for households to send girls to school -- Conclusions and recommendations. BIED Complimentary copy from BIED 35698 Sex discrimination in education. 39686 Sex discrimination against women. 39687 Girls Education. 39688 Lockheed, Marlaine E. 39689 Ayesha Abed Library BIED Collection ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 371_822000000000000_LEW 0 68072 BRACUL BRACUL GEN 2020-03-02 Complimentary copy from BIED 0 371.822 LEW 3010035698 2020-03-02 1 2020-03-02 BK Transferred from BIED to General Stacks