This systematic literature review seeks to provide information on the limitations and
opportunities faced by the urban poor in leveraging the potential benefits of education. The …

Although there is widespread agreement that poverty and poor educational outcomes are
related, there are different explanations about why that should be the case. The purpose of …

This article examines the role of education in alleviating poverty in a context of high rates of
income inequalities. It will argue that despite public attention on the incomes of top earners …

The education systems of many affl uent countries contain a paradox. Although education is
seen as the way out of poverty, learners from poorer backgrounds consistently do badly in …

This report provides a framework to aid examination of the links between poverty and
educational attainment in the UK. Although there is widespread agreement that poverty and …

The concept of development has evolved from an exclusive focus on economic growth
towards an interrelated, even integrated approach involving progress across a range of …

Primary education is widely perceived to have a key role in reducing poverty and is
positively associated with development-related outcomes such as improving productivity …

Human capital and functionalist paradigms underpin the stance taken by most governments
to education policy. These models have also had a profound effect upon the determination …

Poverty is conventionally defined in terms of income poverty (ie number of people below the
poverty line) and is measured in different ways, predominantly in terms of inadequacy of …

In this chapter, I discuss the relationship of urban education and urban political economy. I
focus on the intersection of education policy and globalized neoliberal political and …