Despite daunting difficulties in Ethiopia, the optimism today about the country's future is palpable. The government has made poverty reduction the centerpiece of its development strategy, and it has continued to advance the reform of governmental structure, functions, and finances. These contextual factors are highly pertinent for education. The Poverty Reduction ...

The United Nations' Special Initiative for Africa (UNSIA) focuses on selected low- enrollment African countries in an effort to help them find pragmatic, sustainable solutions to the problems that have depressed primary school enrollments for so long. As part of this process, a four-country study was ...