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1. Punching Below Its Weight: The U.S. Government Approach to Education in the Developing World - Brookings Institution
   This report analyzes the effectiveness of U.S. government education work specifically in relation to conflict-affected and fragile states.
   17-02-2010 to education, evaluation, government, lessons learned, us by aynurkadi
2. Safety audit: first step towards making schools safer - Educational Materials - PreventionWeb.net
   Safety audit: first step towards making schools safer
   15-02-2010 to children, community, construction, drr, drr eduction, education, resilience, safety, school, unisdr by aynurkadi
3. One response- Education cluster
   The Education Cluster Thematic Group on DRR works closely with a series of other actors active on the themes of school safety and disaster preparedness, including the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)
   15-02-2010 to children, cluster, drr, education, global. isdr by aynurkadi
4. Safe Schools in Safe Territories
   This document aims to prompt reflection on what exactly constitutes as a safe school: offering a resistible infrastructure in the event of a disaster or one that will also ensure the child’s right to education in an emergency situation. It is aimed at authorities, teachers, technicians and co-operating institutions working on the issues of risk reduction in the educational sector.
   15-02-2010 to children, community, construction, drr, drr eduction, education, resilience, safety, school, unisdr by aynurkadi
5. Evoke - A crash course in changing the world
   Online game developed by the Institute for the Future and the World Bank Institute to help participants develop skills and solutions to world problems. The 10-week game is free to play and begins March 3. Players will complete 10 missions and 10 quests — one a week .
   12-02-2010 to development, education, games, innovation, learning, participation, simulation, wbi by ian odonnell
6. International Environment and Disaster Management Research, UNiversity of Kyoto
   International Environment and Disaster Management Research Field targets to reduce the gap between knowledge and practice through pro-active field-level, community-based project implementation. The target areas are mainly developing countries in Asia, which have the highest population growth, and high vulnerability, due to different types of natural and man-made disasters. The focus of this research field is to learn lessons from the field experiences through effective environment and disaster related project management. Disaster issues are directly related to environmental degradation, and global climate change. Disasters hit poor people, affecting their lives, properties and livelihoods.
   28-01-2010 to awareness, disaster risk education, drr, education, university by bhupindert
7. Pitfalls of Participatory Programs: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Education in India (J-PAL, Aug. 2009)
   Paper from the Poverty Action Lab at MIT.
   25-11-2009 to education, evaluation, impact, india, learning, participation, randomized trial, research, south asia by ian odonnell
8. Childinfo.org
   Childinfo.org: Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys - Previous Surveys - Available reports/datasets by country
   13-11-2009 to children, country, data, education, global, health, nutrition, survey by aynurkadi
9. Measure of America: American Human Development Project
   Effort to measure development gains in the U.S. across states and districts according to indicators in three key areas: health, education and income.
   02-11-2009 to accountability, development, education, hdi, health, impact, income, measurement, oxfam, us by ian odonnell
10. Aspen Design Summit 2009
    Summit to galvanize the global design community to engage in projects that promote social change
    16-10-2009 to community, design, education, health, housing, innovation, poverty, rockefeller, solutions, unicef by ian odonnell

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