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Global Education Database

Dataset Summary

Agency	US Agency for International Development
Sub-Agency/Organization
Category	Education
Date Released	12/2000
Date Updated	7/18/2011
Time Period	1975-2010
Frequency	Annual
Description	The Global Education Database (GED) is a repository of international education statistics compiled from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). The GED also provides a series of analytic tools to facilitate effective use of the data.

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Tool Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Research
Keywords	education, development, literacy, schools, teachers, primary education, secondary education, vocational education, tertiary education, major field of study, enrollment ratios
Unique ID	2063

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	Title: Global Education Database. Author: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Agency Program Page	http://ged.eads.usaidallnet.gov/
Agency Data Series Page	http://ged.eads.usaidallnet.gov/data/

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	Country
Granularity	Country
Geographic Coverage	Global

Data Description

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Data Collection Instrument
Data Dictionary/Variable List	http://ged.eads.usaidallnet.gov/about/#data

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://ged.eads.usaidallnet.gov/about/
Additional Metadata

OMB Control No. 3090-0284