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Adamson, Peter – UNICEF, 2010
Whether in health, in education, or in material well-being, some children will always fall behind the average. The critical question is -- how far behind? Is there a point beyond which falling behind is not inevitable but policy susceptible, not unavoidable but unacceptable, not inequality but inequity? There are no widely agreed theoretical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Well Being, Developed Nations, Equal Education
Adamson, Peter, Ed. – 1996
This report brings together the latest available statistics to record national achievements in child survival, health, nutrition, education, family planning, and progress for women. Each section contains a commentary and a presentation of related statistics. Following an introduction by UNICEF executive director Carol Bellamy, the commentaries…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
Adamson, Peter, Ed. – Progress of Nations, 1994
This report brings together the latest available statistics to record national achievements in child survival, health, nutrition, education, family planning, and progress for women. Each section contains a commentary and a presentation of related statistics. The commentaries of the report are: (1) Introduction, "One Small Step for a…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect, Child Welfare
Adamson, Peter; Brown, Giorgina; Micklewright, John; Waldman, Robert; Wright, Anna – 2002
This report compares the relative effectiveness of education systems across the developed world. Data come from the Programme for International Student Assessment, Trends in International Maths and Science Study, and the International Adult Literacy Survey. Overall, educational performance in some OECD countries is consistently better than others.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developed Nations, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education