UID:
almafu_9961162032202883
Format:
1 online resource (201 p.)
ISBN:
1-4725-1211-1
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1-4725-9334-0
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1-4725-1269-3
Series Statement:
Education as a humanitarian response
Content:
"Education, Poverty, Malnutrition and Famine provides an overview of education response - what it is and how it can be improved in relation to one of the more persistent issues globally. Poverty, famine and/or malnutrition exist in variant degrees among developing and developed nations and the issue figures prominently in international development. This book provides a global overview of education and such issues through case study samples of countries within various regions and offers insights and proposes solutions on how educational response can help alleviate this challenge. Each chapter contains contemporary questions to encourage active engagement with the material and an annotated list of suggested reading to support further exploration"--
Note:
Includes index.
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Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Education, Poverty, Famine and Malnutrition: Global Overview Lorraine Symaco (CRICE, University of Malaya) -- 2. East Africa -- 3. West Africa Emefa Amaoko (Attaining the Peak) and Barbara Reynolds (Senior Advisor for Special Projects UNICEF) -- 4. South Asia: Bangladesh Benjamin Zeitlyn (University of Sussex, UK) -- 5. South Asia: India T. Sundararaman (National Health Systems Resource Centre, India) -- 6. South East Asia: Philippines Lorraine Symaco (CRICE, University of Malaya) -- 7. Haiti Helena Murseli, Education Manager - Haiti (UNICEF) and Fall Mohamed Malick, Education Cluster Co-ordinator - Haiti (UNICEF), Naoko Imoto (UNICEF) -- 8. UK -- 9. USA Nalini Asha Biggs (Independent Research Consultant) and Yael Schwarz Freimann (Independent Research Consultant) -- Conclusion -- Index.
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Also issued in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4725-1158-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4725-0910-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781472593344
