Public-Private Partnerships in Education and the Pursuit of Gender Equality: A View from South Asia

By Shailaja Fennell, International Development Policy, Revue internationale de politique de développement, 2014

The introduction of public-private partnerships (PPPs) into the educational sphere has opened up the sector to a wide range of new private providers in India and Pakistan. This article analyzes the role of PPPs in the education sector as well as the relationship between PPPs and gender and reviews the extent to which policies regarding PPPs in education have addressed the objective of gender equality. It compares theses policy perspectives with the local data obtained from field studies conducted in India and Pakistan and evaluates the implications of the findings for moving forward the manner in which partnerships could reduce gender gaps in both countries.

Related Information:

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Mainstreaming Gender in Education Projects

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