This study was commissioned by the Department For International Development under the title Accessibility Educational Materials by the School Population in Africa an analysis and evaluation of existing modalities and their cost-effectiveness (Research Scheme No. R 6956). All costs were met by the Department.
After an initial planning workshop held in London in September 1997, local researchers returned to Africa to undertake case studies of different access modalities. An additional case study was undertaken in UK from the published literature.
The completed case studies have been edited and are contained in this report, together with an introduction and some conclusions. One case study, that of community resource centres (village reading rooms in Botswana) has not been submitted. The case studies from Mali and Mozambique have been translated into English.
Diana Rosenberg
March 1 998
