Why do women in most developing countries lag behind men in literacy? Why do women get less schooling than men? This anthology examines the educational decision

In Education in China, ca. 1840–present Meimei Wang, Bas van Leeuwen and Jieli Li offer a description of the transformation of the Chinese education system fr

Hard-headed evidence on why the returns from investing in girls are so high that no nation or family can afford not to educate their girls. Gene Sperling, autho

"What Works in Girls Education" summarizes the extensive body of research on the state of girls education in the developing world today; the impact of educating