Index Boxes, figures, maps, notes, and tables are indicated by b, f, m, n, and t, respectively. A ABE (alternative basic education) in Ethiopia, 57, 69, 73, 76 abolition of school fees. See school fees, abolition of academic calendar. See school calendar/year “access shock,” 24, 169, 227–32 Action Aid, 134 adult education. See second chance education AIDS. See HIV/AIDS alternative basic education (ABE) in Ethiopia, 57, 69, 73, 76 Association for the Development of Education in Africa, xvi B Benin, 3 “big bang” vs. phased approach to abolition of school fees, 18, 24 Botswana, 36n2 Bray, Mark, 8 building schools. See construction of schools and classrooms Bunley, Seng, 8 Burkina Faso, 11 Burundi, xvi, 2
C calendar, academic. See school calendar/year Cambodia, 8 Cameroon development partners, support from, 27, 36n9 enrollment in, 4, 36–37n12, 36n3 targeted programs, need for, 10, 12 Cape Verde, 36n2 capitation grants, 16. See also grants to schools in lieu of fees Centre for the Study of African Economies, 48 Chad, 12 child labor in Kenya, 129 in Malawi, 172–73 parents, direct and indirect costs of schooling to, 11–12 civil strife, children orphaned by. See orphans and vulnerable children class size. See pupil-teacher ratio community involvement, 26 in Ethiopia, 26, 65–66, 65t, 76
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