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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Page 93
... sexual behavior for which education as panacea cannot account . Some anthropological research on AIDS conducted elsewhere in Africa has demonstrated the necessity of considering a range of factors that contribute to conditions of sexual ...
... sexual behavior for which education as panacea cannot account . Some anthropological research on AIDS conducted elsewhere in Africa has demonstrated the necessity of considering a range of factors that contribute to conditions of sexual ...
Page 96
... sexual interest " ( 1990 , p . 286 ) . When boys seek assistance with school fees from someone outside the nuclear family , which is a common practice in both Sierra Leone and Tanzania , there is seldom any ex- pectation of sexual ...
... sexual interest " ( 1990 , p . 286 ) . When boys seek assistance with school fees from someone outside the nuclear family , which is a common practice in both Sierra Leone and Tanzania , there is seldom any ex- pectation of sexual ...
Page 103
... sexuality and sexual risk , especially the risk of pregnancy and AIDS . Table 6 : Data on Contraceptive Use from the 2000 Questionnaire 720 70 60 Percent 30 30 50 40 20 20 10 0 Abstinent Condoms Pill Rhythm method Methods Used With ...
... sexuality and sexual risk , especially the risk of pregnancy and AIDS . Table 6 : Data on Contraceptive Use from the 2000 Questionnaire 720 70 60 Percent 30 30 50 40 20 20 10 0 Abstinent Condoms Pill Rhythm method Methods Used With ...
Contents
International Development and | 25 |
Transformations in Schooling | 45 |
Condoms Are the Devil and the Culture | 65 |
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