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. ĞDesireğ signals the global consensus on the view that education is central to solving problems of development. ĞDeclineğ, 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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... mean that he has financial problems and doesn't have much money ? William . It means that his problems won't be as serious as for a man with many chil- dren . Let's say that my father's salary is 40,000 shillings per month ...
... mean that he has financial problems and doesn't have much money ? William . It means that his problems won't be as serious as for a man with many chil- dren . Let's say that my father's salary is 40,000 shillings per month ...
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... means that if one wants the higher yield of ' foreign ' seeds , then one must use fertilizer.4 In response to my question about whether chemical fertilizers were used when the participants were children , one man quickly interjected ...
... means that if one wants the higher yield of ' foreign ' seeds , then one must use fertilizer.4 In response to my question about whether chemical fertilizers were used when the participants were children , one man quickly interjected ...
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... mean more trees are cut down to clear paths wide enough for people to drive from the main road to their homes , which are ... means a decline in soil fertility and a greater dependence upon chemical fertilizers , whose use , it was often ...
... mean more trees are cut down to clear paths wide enough for people to drive from the main road to their homes , which are ... means a decline in soil fertility and a greater dependence upon chemical fertilizers , whose use , it was often ...
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International Development and | 25 |
Transformations in Schooling | 45 |
Condoms Are the Devil and the Culture | 65 |
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