Desire and Decline: Schooling Amid Crisis in TanzaniaP. Lang, 2003 - 168 pages Desire and Decline explores the privileged place of education in local, national, and global development discourses about population, HIV/AIDS, and environmental conservation. «Desire» signals the global consensus on the view that education is central to solving problems of development. «Decline», on the other hand, draws attention to the growing gap between those who have access to basic social services - such as education - and those who do not. Based on multiple periods of fieldwork on Mount Kilimanjaro, Frances Vavrus links local and global narratives about the potential of education to enhance development but also reveals its limitations in postcolonial countries experiencing the pressures of globalization. Vavrus concludes with portraits of local development initiatives that leave readers with a clear sense of the complexity of education's role in development, and the importance of political economic analysis for global population, health, and environmental policy. |
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... HIV / AIDS epidemic . Speaking at the World Education Forum held in 2000 in Dakar , the Executive Director of UNAIDS argued that AIDS " constitutes one of the biggest crises and the biggest ... AIDS and Education in an Era Economic Decline.
... HIV / AIDS epidemic . Speaking at the World Education Forum held in 2000 in Dakar , the Executive Director of UNAIDS argued that AIDS " constitutes one of the biggest crises and the biggest ... AIDS and Education in an Era Economic Decline.
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... HIV / AIDS education programs and a sustainable development pro- ject promoting the use of low - cost building materials . With less than $ 2,500 contributed from international agencies and individuals for the 1998-2001 pe- riod , the ...
... HIV / AIDS education programs and a sustainable development pro- ject promoting the use of low - cost building materials . With less than $ 2,500 contributed from international agencies and individuals for the 1998-2001 pe- riod , the ...
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... and their goal of expanding their services , especially to support families with children orphaned by AIDS . Both branches have started only in the past three years , but they have grown to in- clude men , such as pastors from area churches ...
... and their goal of expanding their services , especially to support families with children orphaned by AIDS . Both branches have started only in the past three years , but they have grown to in- clude men , such as pastors from area churches ...
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International Development and | 25 |
Transformations in Schooling | 45 |
Condoms Are the Devil and the Culture | 65 |
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