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Education

Non-State Providers of Education in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States

Helpdesk Report
  • Seema Khan
February 2009

NSPs are generally viewed as key service providers and as more pragmatic, flexible and adaptable than state structures in fragile states. By allowing communities to identify their own priorities they are often seen as having the potential to empower communities, set up local governance structures and strengthen social accountability mechanisms. Some of they key advantages of ...» more

Post-conflict Rehabilitation of Education Services

Helpdesk Report
  • Huma Haider
January 2009

Education systems can contribute to conflict. In Rwanda, for example, the education system was used as an instrument in fomenting exclusion and hate. In many post-conflict settings, rehabilitation of the education sector requires not re-establishing the system that existed prior to the conflict but rather reforming the whole system. Education rehabilitation goes beyond ...» more

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