What do rural school teachers need and how can they be supported in their continuing professional development? How can a teacher support system be set up and function in a certain context? What factors would guarantee success of the system? This book tries to answer these questions by taking five case studies from very different contexts and countr...

According to the World Bank, the Sudanese population reached close to 38 million in 2014.63% of them are still living in rural areas and 40.8% are below the age of 15. These young people possess great potential in shaping the future of their country if their own potential is fostered by quality education. To deliver high quality education, schools ...

At present, 60 percent of the people in developing countries and more than half of the people in the world live in rural areas. This volume focuses on how higher education can promote rural development by alleviating poverty in rural households. The book provides rich data on rural education in China and Australia through a comparative study of the...

This report presents a historical review of the process of liberation and emancipation of Chinese women from a gender and international development perspective and aims to share the Chinese experience with the international community, policy makers, private sector, civil society, NGOs and media to document and report the laudable progress Chinese w...