Education, Poverty, Malnutrition and Famine

Education, Poverty, Malnutrition and Famine provides an overview of education response - what it is and how it can be improved in relation to one of the more persistent issues globally. Poverty, famine and/or malnutrition exist in variant degrees among developing and developed nations and the issue figures prominently in international development. This book provides a global overview of education and such issues through case study samples of countries within various regions and offers insights and proposes solutions on how educational response can help alleviate this challenge.Each chapter contains contemporary questions to encourage active engagement with the material and an annotated list of suggested reading to support further exploration.

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• Authors: Colin Brock, Lorraine Pe Symaco, Symaco Lorraine Pe
• Assisted by: Colin Brock (Editor), Dr Lorraine Pe (Zhejiang University Symaco (Editor), Lorraine Symaco (Editor), Lorraine Pe Symaco (Editor), Colin Brock (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.06.2014
• EAN: 9781472511584
• ISBN: 978-1-4725-1158-4
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Education as a Humanitarian Response; Education as a Humanitarian Re; Education as a Humanitarian Re; Education as a Humanitarian Response
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives, Moral and social purpose of education, Multicultural education, Moral & social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy