Back matter - The Oxfam Education Report

Abstract

1. Education and human development. The 2015 targets: a progress report. Education and health. Education and income-poverty. Education and globalisation. Education, democracy, and empowerment -- 2. Education for all: promises and progress. The education targets. The quantitative targets. The quality of education -- 3. Inequalities in education. North-South inequalities. Inequalities between developing countries. National inequalities in education -- 4. National barriers to basic education. Constraints on poor household. Public investment in education. Financial decentralisation and privatisation -- 5. International co-operation: the record since Jomtien. The record on aid. The debt crisis as a barrier to education for all. Structural adjustment and the role of the IMF in poor countries. Lessons from the East Asia crisis -- 6. Partnerships for change. State action for universal primary education. States and non-government organisations. Partnerships in action: five case studies -- 7. An agenda for action. From Jomtien to Dakar. Action at the national level. International action. Towards a global initiative -- App. 1. The Education Performance Index (EPI).