Textbook Development in Low Income Countries : A Guide for Policy and Practice

Since 2003, over 220 million books have been distributed in primary schools in global partnership for education (GPE) countries. Despite this, a few years ago, a World Bank study highlighted the fact that there simply aren't enough textbooks f...

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Main Authors:	Crabbe, Richard A. B., Nyingi, Mary, Abadzi, Helen
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CAPITAL AUTHORS AVAILABILITY OF BOOKS BASIC READING BASIC SKILLS BINDING BLACKBOARDS BOOK CHAIN BOOK COVERS BOOK DISTRIBUTION BOOK DISTRIBUTORS BOOK FINANCING BOOK IMPORTS BOOK MARKET BOOK POLICY BOOK PRODUCTION BOOK PROVISION BOOK PUBLISHERS BOOK PUBLISHING BOOK PUBLISHING INDUSTRY BOOK SELECTION BOOK SHORTAGE BOOK SUPPLY CALL CIVIL SOCIETY CLASS TIME CLASSROOM CLASSROOMS COGNITIVE SKILLS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES COMPOSITION CORE TEXTBOOKS COST OF BOOKS COURSE CONTENT CURRICULA CURRICULUM CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT CURRICULUM EXPERTS CURRICULUM REVISION CURRICULUM REVISIONS DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKING DISTRICT EDUCATION DROPOUT RATE DROPOUT RATE OF GIRLS EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION OFFICES EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION STRATEGY EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL BOOKS EFFECTIVE EDUCATION ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLMENT INCREASES FAMILY LIFE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS FREE TEXTBOOKS GENDER BIAS GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUALITY IN EDUCATION HEAD TEACHER IMPROVING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT INDIGENIZATION INDIVIDUAL STUDY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INTERVENTIONS LANGUAGES LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT LEARNING MATERIAL LEARNING MATERIALS LEARNING OBJECTIVES LEARNING OUTCOMES LET LIBRARY BOOKS LICENSES LOCAL PRINTING LOCAL PUBLISHING LOCAL PUBLISHING CAPACITY MANUSCRIPT MANUSCRIPTS MATH SKILLS MEDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MOTHER-TONGUE NATIONAL CURRICULUM NATIONAL EDUCATION NATIONAL PUBLISHERS NEEDS ASSESSMENT NUMBER OF PUPILS NUMBER OF STUDENTS PAMPHLETS PARTNERSHIP PEDAGOGY PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVEL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRINTING COSTS PRINTING PRESS PRINTING PRESSES PRIVATE PUBLISHERS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PRODUCTION OF BOOKS PRODUCTION OF TEXTBOOKS PROVISION OF TEXTBOOKS PUBLISHER PUBLISHERS PUBLISHING INDUSTRY QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY LEARNING QUALITY TEXTBOOKS READABILITY READING READING BOOKS READING MATERIAL REVIEWS RURAL AREAS RURAL STUDENTS SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL LEVELS SCHOOL LIBRARY SCHOOL SUPPLIES SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLCHILDREN SECONDARY EDUCATION SKILLED LABOR SOW SPECIFICATIONS STUDENT PERFORMANCE SUBJECT SPECIALISTS SUPPLEMENTARY READERS SUPPLY OF BOOKS SUSTAINABLE BOOK PROVISION TEACHER GUIDES TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING MATERIALS TEACHING METHODS TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TEXTBOOK TEXTBOOK BOARD TEXTBOOK CHAIN TEXTBOOK COMPONENT TEXTBOOK CONTENT TEXTBOOK COSTS TEXTBOOK DEVELOPMENT TEXTBOOK INDUSTRY TEXTBOOK LIST TEXTBOOK MARKET TEXTBOOK POLICY TEXTBOOK PRINTING TEXTBOOK PRODUCTION TEXTBOOK PROVISION TEXTBOOK PUBLISHING TEXTBOOK RENTAL TEXTBOOK RENTAL SCHEME TEXTBOOK SHORTAGE TEXTBOOK SHORTAGES TEXTBOOKS UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION VOUCHERS WORKBOOKS WRITERS YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/19435146/textbook-development-low-income-countries-guide-policy-practice http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18667