In remote parts of rural Benin, many children do not attend school, or rapidly drop out. Reasons include the long distances to schools, overcrowded classrooms, difficulties in understanding the teachers and the cost involved.
Although Helvetas' work focuses on rural areas, it does not stop where the countryside ends. We are already active in many small to medium sized towns.
You may wonder why policies formulated in Western Balkan countries, or for that matter in other countries, don’t often reflect or use evidence coming from research. You may also wonder if the many research outputs produced every year are of any relevance to policy-making processes.
