Social Disparities in Education in Sub-Saharan African Countries : Gender, geographical location and family income

Alain Mingat (1, 2)

1 IREDU - Institut de recherche sur l'éducation : Sociologie et Economie de l'Education
2 World Bank, Human Development Department, The Africa Region

In this paper we have two complementary objectives: the first consists in proposing a description of the magnitude of social disparities that exist in the systems of education of Sub-Saharan African countries; we focus on recent data but we put also these data in a time perspective. The second objective aims at identifying some of the factors that may explain these disparities or the impact of the actions targeted to their reduction.

Mots clés: Social disparities; Education; Subsaharan Africa; Educational policy

Mots clés: Disparités sociales; Afrique sub-saharienne; Politique de l'éducation

Domaines: Education; Economies et finances

Alain Mingat. Social Disparities in Education in Sub-Saharan African Countries : Gender, geographical location and family income. International Conference "Economics of Education: Major Contributions and Future Directions", June 20-23, 2006 - Dijon France, 2006, Dijon, France. 25 p. ⟨halshs-00086473⟩