External influences and the educational landscape analysis of political, economic, geographic, health and demographic factors in Ghana
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 a...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Springer
2013.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2013. |
| Colección: | SpringerBriefs in economics,
SpringerBriefs in Economics, 49 |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009468601506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- External Influences and the Educational Landscape; Acknowledgment; Contents; 1 Introduction; Problem Statement, Significance and Strategic Orientation; Research Methodology and Data; Conceptual Framework; 2 Political Environment: Stability, Public Spending and Policy; National Development Strategy and Education Policy; Educational Effects on Political Development in Ghana; Conclusion: Political Environment; 3 Macroeconomics: Skills, Diversification, Economic Structure and Growth; Interconnections Between Economic Growth and the Education Sector
- The Economic Structure and Agricultural Dependency Helps Crowd Out Human CapitalConclusion: Macroeconomic Environment; 4 Geography and the Tale of Two Ghanas: The North-South Divide; The North-South Educational Divide; Rurality; Distance to School; Urbanisation and Population Density; Multifactor Educational Deprivation by Geographic Location; Conclusion and Policy Implications: The Geographic Isolation of the North; 5 Health Status of Children: Vulnerability and Educational Effects; The Complementary Nature of Health Status and Schooling; Fertility Rates; Malnutrition; Malaria; HIVAIDS
- Water and SanitationComparison of Health Outcomes by Educational Level and Cost-Benefit Analysis; Conclusion and Policy Implications: The Intersectorality of Health and Education; 6 Economics of Education: Household Welfare, Poverty and Child Labour; Economic Background Characteristics: Effects on Access and Outcomes; Out-Of-Pocket Expenditure (Private Costs) for Education; Levels of Education: Effects on Income; Private and Social Rates of Return to Education; Child Labour; Regression Analysis on School and Labour Participation in Ghana: Establishing Determinants
- Conclusion: Economics of Education, Poverty and Child Labour7 Demographics: Population Growth, Household Structure and Migration Patterns; 8 Policy Discussion: Outlining Policy Options and Solutions; 9 Conclusion: Coping Strategies, Emerging Challenges and Opportunities; Addressing the Main Research Questions; Coping Strategies; Emerging Challenges and Opportunities; References; Biography
