In the past decade, private education has had an increasingly significant impact in the developing world, with many countries promoting private sector growth to expand educational capacity and access at all levels, an international education conference was told last week.
The conference heard that more entrepreneurs were investing in the private sector in developing countries and "bringing fresh approaches and perspectives".
It was the fifth global conference to be held in Washington by the International Finance Corporation and attracted representatives of private education organisations and institutions from around the world.
The IFC provides investments and advisory services to expand the private sector in developing countries.
The corporation - an arm of the World Bank - has committed US$469 million in financing 62 education projects in 30 countries at a total value of $1.54 billion. Of these, 21 or 35% were in the world's poorest countries. IFC-supported projects help educate about 1.2 million students annually.
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Source: University World News, Issue No: 0118, 04 April 2010
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23 Februari 2009
Dog Licks Aren’t Dirty Say Scientists
Monica
DobieDog owners who sleep with their dogs and allow their pooch to lick their face are no more likely to share strains of E. coli bacteria with their pets than other dog owners who shy from such contact according to new research from Kansas State University.
Dr Kate Stenske, a clinical assistant professor at the Kansas college of veterinary medicine, studied the association between the possible transfer of sometimes deadly E. coli bacteria because dogs and humans have it in their gastrointestinal tracts."I became interested in the topic because there is such a strong bond between dogs and their owners," Stenske said. "If you look at one study, 84% of people say their dog is like a child to them."The research showed that bonding behaviours such as sharing the bed or allowing licks on the face had no association with an increase in shared E. coli. But the research did show a link between an increase in antibiotic resistant E. coli on owners and their pets where owners did not wash their hands after petting their dogs or before cooking meals. "We should use common sense and practice good general hygiene," said the professor.
Source: University World News, Issue No: 0064 22 February 2009
DobieDog owners who sleep with their dogs and allow their pooch to lick their face are no more likely to share strains of E. coli bacteria with their pets than other dog owners who shy from such contact according to new research from Kansas State University.
Dr Kate Stenske, a clinical assistant professor at the Kansas college of veterinary medicine, studied the association between the possible transfer of sometimes deadly E. coli bacteria because dogs and humans have it in their gastrointestinal tracts."I became interested in the topic because there is such a strong bond between dogs and their owners," Stenske said. "If you look at one study, 84% of people say their dog is like a child to them."The research showed that bonding behaviours such as sharing the bed or allowing licks on the face had no association with an increase in shared E. coli. But the research did show a link between an increase in antibiotic resistant E. coli on owners and their pets where owners did not wash their hands after petting their dogs or before cooking meals. "We should use common sense and practice good general hygiene," said the professor.
Source: University World News, Issue No: 0064 22 February 2009
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