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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... villages . Each village has at least one primary school ( with 11 in total ) , and seven of the eight villages are connected to the national electricity network . All of the villages have access to water at public standpipes , but they ...
... villages . Each village has at least one primary school ( with 11 in total ) , and seven of the eight villages are connected to the national electricity network . All of the villages have access to water at public standpipes , but they ...
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... villages ( Old Moshi East Ward ) have electricity and piped water in their homes compared to the families in Bonde and Mbali villages in the Kimo- chi Ward . Furthermore , many more Standard 7 students from Miti and Sokoni Primary ...
... villages ( Old Moshi East Ward ) have electricity and piped water in their homes compared to the families in Bonde and Mbali villages in the Kimo- chi Ward . Furthermore , many more Standard 7 students from Miti and Sokoni Primary ...
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... village on the eastern ridge , Bonde Primary School , also had lower levels of resources than the two villages on the western ridge . For example , few families in Mbali and Bonde had electricity or piped water in the home , and they ...
... village on the eastern ridge , Bonde Primary School , also had lower levels of resources than the two villages on the western ridge . For example , few families in Mbali and Bonde had electricity or piped water in the home , and they ...
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International Development and | 25 |
Transformations in Schooling | 45 |
Condoms Are the Devil and the Culture | 65 |
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