Inexcusable Absence: Why 60 Million Girls Still Aren't in School and What to Do about It

by Marlaine E. Lockheed and Maureen A. Lewis

Girls education, indisputably crucial to development, has received a lot of attention - but surprisingly little hardheaded analysis to inform practical policy solutions. In Inexcusable Absence, Maureen Lewis and Marlaine Lockheed propose new strategies for reaching the 70 percent of out-of-school girls who are "doubly disadvantaged" by their ethnicity, language, or other factors. The book will be an important tool for policymakers, informing interventions that can make a profound impact on the lives of the 60 million out-of-school girls.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933286148
• ISBN13: 9781933286143
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Center for Global Development
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.0"