This book explores the place of education in development debates and provides a systematic and a theoretical overview of the main approaches to the subject. It emphases the fact that education is profoundly shaped by national and local cultures even if many issues are shared across locations.

Simon McGrath is UNESCO Chair in International Education and Development at the University of Nottingham, UK.

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Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

2 Education and development - a brief history

3 Education as an economic investment

4 The right to education

5 Education and human development

6 Education, gender and development

7 Education and/as violence

8 Education and sustainable development - a new development agenda

9 Conclusion

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