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Stuart, Jeana M.; Austin, Ann M. Berghout; Peairson, Shannon; de Aquino, Cyle Nielsen; de Burro, Elizabeth Urbieta – Young Children, 2010
In Paraguay conditions for rural children living in poverty are often difficult. At least 14% of children age 5 years and younger show moderate to severe physical stunting (UNICEF 2009). More than half of the children in primary school have repeated at least one grade by the time they complete the sixth grade. Rural families living in poverty, who…
Descriptors: Catholics, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Child Development
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Tagoe, Michael Ayitey – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2011
The Millennium Development Goals launched in 2001 provide a worldwide agenda to reduce poverty by 2015. Though the eight goals provide synergies for the rapid reduction of poverty, the MDGs have come under criticism for being too narrow and sometimes leaving out critical aspects of human development and well-being. Although the MDGs address some…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Economic Progress, Poverty, Illiteracy