Malawi DHS EdData Survey (MDES)
The MDES household education survey was in the field from May through July, 2002. A preliminary report was published in September and the final report was published in April 2003. For more information on the MDES, contact Kristi Fair, DHS EdData Technical Coordinator.

Zambia DHS EdData Survey (ZDES)
Fieldwork for the ZDES household education survey was completed in October, 2002. A preliminary report was published in December 2002, and the final report was published in April, 2003. For more information on the ZDES, contact Kristi Fair, DHS EdData Technical Coordinator.

Ghana Enhancing Education Decentralization and Managing Grants Study
Fieldwork for the Ghana Enhancing Education Decentralization and Managing Grants Study is scheduled for September and October, 2002. A final report of the findings will be released in February 2003. One part of the study examines how, in three districts in Ghana, responsibilities for education management have been decentralized to districts from the central level, how resources have been decentralized and delivered, and how districts have managed school operations under decentralization. The other part of the study examines these three districts' experience with the new USAID district grants mechanism. This part of the study examines how districts request grants, receive and distribute funds, evaluate teacher and pupil performance, and report on their progress to USAID.

Ghana Household Demand for Schooling Study
Fieldwork for the Ghana Household Demand for Schooling Study is scheduled for September and October, 2002. A final report of the findings will be released in February 2003. This study will examine, in three districts of Ghana, the factors that enter into the process of parents or guardians deciding whether to send school-age children to primary school. Families may send children to school, keep them home to work, send them to other households to work and/or attend school, allow them to spend time as they choose, or some combination of the above.

DHS EdData Education Profiles
DHS EdData has produced, in collaboration with USAID and the Academy for Educational Development, a set of DHS EdData Education Profiles for Africa. Within the next year, DHS EdData will revise the Africa profiles and produce the DHS EdData Education Profiles for the Latin America/Caribbean and the Asia/Near East regions.

Global Education Database
DHS EdData coordinates the production of the DHS education indicators provided to USAID for the Global Education Database.