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Journal articles on the topic "African social wisdom"

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Daiute, Colette, Ellie Buteau, and Caren Rawlins. "Social-Relational Wisdom: Developmental Diversity in Children’s Written Narratives About Social Conflict." Narrative Inquiry 11, no. 2 (2001): 277–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ni.11.2.03dai.

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Research has focused on perspective-coordination as a central mechanism and achievement of social development. Theorists have raised questions about whether and how cultural, social, and personal experiences affect such a process. Children from historically discriminated backgrounds, for example, have reasons to be especially knowledgeable about the perspectives of others, but whether and how such knowledge complicates normative developmental patterns requires further inquiry. This paper describes “narrative social wisdom,” extending cognitive-developmental notions of perspective-coordination
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Draper-Clarke, Lucy, and Caryn Green. "Cultivating Well-being, Community Cohesion, and Sense of Purpose through African Contemplative Practices." Creative Arts in Education and Therapy 10, no. 2 (2024): 235–52. https://doi.org/10.15212/caet/2024/10/19.

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Exploring Southern African contemplative traditions addresses an important gap in the fields of contemplative science and healing modalities. In contrast to meditation practices drawn from Eastern wisdom traditions, practices embedded in African spirituality are sound- and movement-based and conducted in community settings. During a research retreat in South Africa, attended by traditional healers, creative arts therapists and performers, mindfulness and neuroscience researchers, and a Buddhist monk, indigenous rituals were performed by experienced facilitators and analyzed through group refle
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Kresse, Kai. "Knowledge and Intellectual Practice in A Swahili Context: ‘Wisdom’ and The Social Dimensions of Knowledge." Africa 79, no. 1 (2009): 148–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/e000197200800065x.

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This article investigates ‘wisdom’ from an ethnographic perspective that pays attention to the ways in which knowledge is performed, appreciated, negotiated and questioned in everyday life in Mombasa, on the Swahili coast. It discusses the baraza setting (daily meeting points for male social peers) as a venue for intellectual practice and the appreciation of wisdom. Basic features of communicative interaction identified there can also be found to be in play when looking at case studies of individuals and their performances. The article looks at how two genres (didactic tenzi poetry and Ramadha
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Ademola-Adeoye, Feyi. "A CROSS ANTHROPOLOGICO-LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF SELECTED AFRICAN PROVERBS AS EVIDENCE OF A CULTURE OF VIOLENCE." Journal of African Philosophy and Indigenous Knowledge 1, no. 1 (2025): 4–15. https://doi.org/10.69778/3007-7192/2025/1.1/a1.

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Proverbs are short, pithy sayings that contain the treasures of traditional wisdom which are passed down from one generation to another. In some concrete way, they are the bedrock upon which societies build their civilization. Stone (2006: xiii) defines proverbs as ‘bits of ancient wisdom’ that represent words of critical wisdom based on the tested experience of ancestors. As an integral part of language, proverbs reflect the patterns and structures of culture and consequently influence human thinking, psyche, world view, social practices and power relations in society (Djite,2008). Employing
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Serpell, Robert. "Situated understanding of human development in Africa: Systematic inquiries at the nexus of psychology, social science and history." Culture & Psychology 24, no. 3 (2018): 382–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354067x18779034.

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Gustav Jahoda contended that mainstream psychology’s contribution to our understanding of human experience has been impoverished by a neglect of culture. Over a long series of publications, he argued that the disciplines of psychology, anthropology and history have much to learn from one another, since socio-cultural and politico-economic contexts have influenced the formulation of theories and the dissemination of ideas about human nature. In light of his analyses, I argue in this article that systematic inquiries aspiring to generate a situated understanding of human development in Africa sh
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Asimeng-Boahene, Lewis. "Educational Wisdom of African Oral Literature: African Proverbs as Vehicles for Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills in Social Studies Education." International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning 5, no. 3 (2009): 59–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/ijpl.5.3.59.

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Arthur, Tori Omega. "“We Bring Home the Roots”: Black Women Travel Influencers, Digital Culture Bearing, and African Internationalism in Instagram." Social Media + Society 8, no. 2 (2022): 205630512211038. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20563051221103843.

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This study examines how travel influencers Jessica Nabongo and Oneika Raymond use Instagram in a process I call “digital culture bearing,” employing the platform to nurture wisdom about Africa. They combine images, captions, hashtags, and geotags to share information about nations within the African continent with principally Black populations. Employing critical technocultural discourse analysis (CTDA) to interpret how race, gender, global travel, and cultural knowledge promotion intersect within Instagram, the study analyzes the platform and practices of digital culture bearing, theorizing n
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Chikonzo, Ndakaitei, Asta Rau, Jan K. Coetzee, Anne Ryen, Florian Elliker, and Amanda Young-Hauser. "A Shock to the System: HIV among Older African Women in Zimbabwe." Qualitative Sociology Review 14, no. 4 (2019): 138–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/1733-8077.14.4.09.

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HIV remains a threat to the ordinary everyday life of older woman in African society. In what can be called “a reality shock,” HIV challenges most of the ordinary everyday endeavors in conservative African societies as it imposes new Western prevention, treatment, and health-management methods over long-held African traditions. The reality of the “Western” HIV epidemic, and its impact on the “African” ordinary everyday life, demands that the infected undergo a paradigm shift in order for them to live harmoniously within their society. This calls for a re-examination of traditional values and a
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Nicholas Uchechukwu, Asogwa, and Onwuama Michael Emeka. "African indigenous knowledge systems and the quest for scientifico-technological development: the neglected dimension." IKENGA International Journal of Institute of African Studies 23, no. 1 (2022): 1–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.53836/ijia/2022/23/1/007.

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African countries, like other countries of the world, possess knowledge systems that are indigenous to them, which are believed by many to have the potential for development. Besides having a coordinated outlet for transferring such knowledge, some claim that Africa is the origin of knowledge or the foundational ideas that rule the world scientifically and technologically. This claim, however, seems to be contradicted by the manifest poor scientific and technological state of African countries. Unravelling the reason(s) for this disconnect, therefore, forms part of the broader aims of this stu
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Onyango, Bethwell O., and Ekisa Olaimer-Anyara. "The Value of Leafy Vegetables: An Exploration of African Folklore." African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development 7, no. 14 (2007): 01–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.14.ipgri1-10.

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Indigenous Leafy Vegetables foods have an exceptional place in African cuisine. It is commonly argued that vegetable consumption reflects cultural backgrounds and their value transcends a biological one, as food, to symbolism enhancing the functioning of society and promoting social order. This study set to determine species use, folkloric dimensions and taste preferences in a rural East African setting. A bio-cultural approach reinforced by ethno-botanical tools conducted over a three-year period and recourse to a corpus of Luo ethnic food plant literature and gathering of folklore elements f
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "African social wisdom"

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Reyneke, Coenraad Jacobus Stephanus. "'n Prakties-teologiese narratiewe navorsing van die aanpassingsproses van 'n gesin wat van Suid-Afrika na Nieu-Seeland verhuis het." Thesis, Pretoria : [S.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05112005-083546/.

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Ndoga, Sampson S. "The contemporary significance of home based nurturing with reference to wisdom poems in the Book of Proverbs and Shona traditional culture." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/569.

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There is presumed dialogue between the book of Proverbs and Shona wisdom poems in dealing with the subject of home based nurturing towards societal stability. The underlying principle in both approaches, it seems, is that preparation for life begins in the home. Its negligence could account for societal breakdown. This study seeks to explore, on the one hand, the contemporary validity of home based nurturing as observed in these traditional settings, and on the other, to investigate whether this dialogue yields a methodological approach of using Africa to interpret the Old Testament. Th
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Tuckey, Ethel Caroline. "An ethical investigation of the teaching and practice of moral formation at St Augustine College, the College of the Transfiguration and the South African Theological Seminary." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/20103.

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This research investigates the teaching and practice of moral formation at three theological education institutions in South Africa. The theological institutions, while acknowledging moral formation in their aims and teaching ethical theory, have difficulty developing and implementing a moral formation programme. Among the reasons for this are the complex nature of moral formation and the numerous and wide ranging expectations placed on the institutions. In this research, morality is described in terms of relationship with God, with self, with others in the Church and society and with the env
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Kimilike, Lechion Peter. "An African perspective on poverty provebs in the book of proverbs : an analysis for transformational possibilities." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2372.

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An African Perspective on Poverty Proverbs in the Book of Proverbs: An Analysis for Transformational Possibilities. This thesis contributes to the emerging global scholarly discussion on prioritising the practical relevance of biblical interpretation, particularly in Africa. Taking poverty as a case study, this thesis employs the notion of the popular social origin of proverbs to critically analyse the subject in the Book of Proverbs. A social anthropological approach, historical-critical methods, rhetorical criticism and contextual exegesis are used to analyse proverbs regarding the poor in t
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Books on the topic "African social wisdom"

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Chinunda, Emmanuel Danstan. Grappling with change in Africa: The dream of prosperity using African wisdom. Assemblies of God Press, 2014.

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Reid-Merritt, Patricia. Sister Wisdom. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2002.

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Kuzwayo, Ellen. African wisdom: A personal collection of Setswana proverbs. Kwela Books, 1998.

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Marberry, Craig. Cuttin' up: Wit and wisdom from Black barber shops. Doubleday, 2005.

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Du Bois, W. E. B. The wisdom of W.E.B. Du Bois. Citadel Press, 2003.

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Gá, Luiz Carlos. Adinkra: Sabedoria em símbolo africanos = African wisdom symbols = Sagesse en symboles africains = Sabiduría en simbolos africanos. Pallas, 2009.

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Sheriff, Bosoma. The wisdom of Mai De̳rma. 2nd ed. Dept. of Kanuri, School of Languages, Kashim Ibrahim College of Education, 1996.

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Harold, Courlander. A treasury of African folklore: The oral literature, traditions, myths, legends, epics, tales, recollections, wisdom, sayings, and humor of Africa. Marlowe, 1996.

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Johnson, Hannibal B. Mama used to say: Wit & wisdom from the heart & soul. Hawk Pub. Group, 2003.

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West, Cornel. Hope on a tightrope: Words & wisdom. Smiley Books, 2008.

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Walters, Gretchen, Olivier Hymas, Stevens Touladjan, and Kevin Ndong. "13. Revealing the social histories of ancient savannas and intact forests using a historical ecology approach in Central Africa." In Critical Physical Geography: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Nature, Power and Politics. Open Book Publishers, 2025. https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0418.13.

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Misleading stories about the human causes of environmental degradation are a type of “received wisdom”, which permits researchers, decision-makers and NGOs to leave histories of ecosystems and natural processes unquestioned. In this study, we use a historical ecology approach to understand the social processes shaping an intact forest and an ancient savanna in Gabon. Using historical methods, interviews, and participant observation in relation to the ecology of key plant species in the landscape, we analyse how seemingly intact Okoumé forests were shaped by disease, trade and colonial resettle
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Moodie, T. Dunbar. "Mobilization on the South African Gold Mines." In Social Movements. Oxford University PressNew York, NY, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195143553.003.0004.

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Abstract In August 1982, Cyril Ramaphosa announced the formation of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in South Africa. South African mining is an industry composed largely of migrant workers, barracked in large concentrated compounds. Black miners typically live at mines located far from large cities, insulated from workers in secondary industry, moving from bed to heavy work to mass feeding to bed in a cycle that John Rex (1973) once called the most effective form of labor control ever invented. Conventional wisdom in South Africa was that such workers were “unorganizable.” In 1987, how
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Stoller, Paul. "In the Shade of the Jujube Tree." In Wisdom from the Edge. Cornell University Press, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501770654.003.0003.

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This chapter presents a homage to Fatouma Seyni to explain how the senses of smell and taste weave threads of narrative and ethnography into a tapestry. It cites that the tapestry evokes the profundity of West African practical wisdom, which also highlights the slow epistemology of West African divination. For Fatouma Seyni, the acquisition of knowledge was part of a lifelong process of maturation. The chapter notes that numerous studies are attempting to unveil the mysteries of divination and clairvoyance through mathematics or addressing the social and cultural dimensions of divinatory pract
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Dixon, Sandra, Noreen Sibanda, Miriam Sekandi, and Bukola Salami. "Infusing the Africentric Framework in Mental Health Care for Black Canadians." In Decolonizing health, healing, and care: Embodying culturally responsive and socially just counselling. Counselling Concepts, 2025. https://doi.org/10.71446/di74924873.

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This chapter explores the Africentric framework, a culturally centred approach to understanding the experiences of African and African diasporic individuals. Guided by Ubuntu, an African worldview that emphasizes cooperation, connectedness, and consciousness, the Africentric framework offers a holistic understanding of mental health care that prioritizes collective responsibility, social competency, and community support. To illustrate the model’s application a narrative example is provided, detailing the restorative journey of an individual seeking healing and restoration. The chapter outline
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Mthembu, Ntokozo Christopher. "Odes of Tree of Life." In The Black Experience and Navigating Higher Education Through a Virtual World. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7537-6.ch011.

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This chapter aims at revelation of the significance of odes of Tree of Life, especially when moulding the post-colonial curriculum in all social spheres including education sector in Africa and the world in general. Literature reveals the possibilities in the personal development in relation to various social developmental opportunities and curbing of threats to human life and specifically to tenants of indigenous knowledge systems. A review of various literature that included documents and related research reports from various sources—including journal articles, books, policy, and observation
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Endong, Floribert Patrick C. "Body Abjectification as a Tool to Represent Poverty in Black Africa." In Advances in Media, Entertainment, and the Arts. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9821-3.ch003.

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Many human rights activists and West-based INGOs have entrenched the questionable culture of using pathetic and socially pornographic images to boost their advertising, mobilization and fundraising campaigns aimed at tackling social problems in Africa. The images deployed by these advocacy entities most often function as double edged swords: they do not only capture the wisdom and rhetoric marketed by the campaign organizers but sometimes subtly act as negative symbols or metaphors of the African continent. Many of these visuals as used in posters and ad copies subliminally abjectify Africans,
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Ngara, Constantine. "Educating Highly Able Students from an African Perspective." In Handbook of Research on Social, Cultural, and Educational Considerations of Indigenous Knowledge in Developing Countries. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0838-0.ch009.

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Basing on Cabral's (1973) legendary practical wisdom to return to the source, in the quest to broaden existing understanding of giftedness and improve the education of gifted students, the chapter examines indigenous conceptions of giftedness espoused in Bantu cultures of southern Africa. As informed by insights gleaned from research on Ndebele, Shona and Vhenda cultures' views of giftedness, indigenous cultures' views warrant attention as they promise to enrich the education of gifted students in amazing and intriguing ways. The chapter offers specific recommendations for educating highly abl
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Krishnan, Madhu. "Citizenship, Responsibility and Literary Culture in the University Periodical in Eastern Africa: Spaces of Social Production in Busara and its Networks." In The Edinburgh Companion to British Colonial Periodicals. Edinburgh University Press, 2024. https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781399500630.003.0036.

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This chapter examines the Kenyan literary periodical Busara [Wisdom in Kiswahili] (1967–75), which had its political and intellectual roots in the anti-colonial struggle, but which first appeared after independence. Busara played a central role in framing the literary and political discourses of the new nation. Drawing contributions from East Africa, the United States and Europe, and featuring contributions by well-known figures such as Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and Taban Lo Liyong, as well as a significant number of women critics, Busara published literary-cultural articles debating the extent to whi
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Tweneboah, Seth, and Anthony Richards. "Indigenous Conflict Resolution Mechanism as Reconciliatory and Therapeutic." In Minding the Gap Between Restorative Justice, Therapeutic Jurisprudence, and Global Indigenous Wisdom. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4112-1.ch001.

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This chapter explores the role of traditional methods of social control that deploy the power of the deities as a missing dimension of justice delivery. The authors present the rituals associated with deploying the traditional mechanism of control as both reconciliatory and therapeutic. Drawing on both historical and contemporaneous instances from Ghana and the Caribbean, the chapter contends that the continuous reliance on African spirit-based justice delivery method betrays not only the insufficiencies in the Western superimposed adversarial legal system but also a tacit and open rejection o
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Herman, Stewart W. "From the Truly Real to Spiritual Wisdom." In Spiritual Goods Faith Traditions and the Practice of Business. Philosophy Documentation Center, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/spiritgds20014.

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This essay sketches a method for identifying the insights that diverse religious traditions offer to the field of business ethics. Each article in this volume asserts or assumes faith-based claims about what is "truly real" as the ground of moral aspiration and obligation. Four distinct kinds of claims yield four kinds of wisdom, that is, moral guidance for business practice. 1) In Judaism and Islam, scriptural commands, as interpreted authoritatively down through these traditions, yield precise methods for rendering specific moral judgments; in Roman Catholicism, similar guidance is provided
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Reports on the topic "African social wisdom"

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Vet, Cassandra. Diffusion of OECD Transfer Pricing Regulations in Eastern Africa: Agency and Compliance in Governing Profit-Shifting Behaviour. Institute of Development Studies, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ictd.2023.022.

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Eastern African countries have codified transfer pricing regulations in their efforts to ring fence corporate tax revenue against profit shifting by multinational companies. Kenya (in 2006), Uganda (2011) and Rwanda (2020) used the dominant OECD transfer pricing guidelines as a template for reform. The wisdom of this approach for developing countries is contested in academic and civil society literature. According to this view, Western states largely dominate rule-setting procedures, and the costly enforcement of transfer pricing drains the scarce resources of revenue authorities. How can we r
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Magnoli, Alessandro. Bridging the Gender Gap in Developing Regions. Inter-American Development Bank, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0012210.

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According to conventional wisdom, health and education are important factors for economic and social development: they improve productivity and income distribution, and the poor gain the most. Nonetheless, in many regions of the world not all members of society receive these services equally. To a large extent, women are left out of health and education systems; as a consequence, they constitute an economically and socially disadvantaged group. This article analyzes the gender gaps within health and education in six regions of the developing world: Sub-Saharan Africa; South Asia; East and Sout
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