Planning and Implementing a National Conference for Policy Makers: A DevelopmentModel (Educating Girls: Achieving Guatemala's Development)

摘要

On January 29, 1991, about 100 policymakers from Guatemala's public and privatesectors held a national conference on the role of girls' education in the nation's development. The report documents the process of planning the national conference and summarizes its principal lessons. After a brief summary of conference activities, the report presents lessons learned during the conference and documents subsequent progress in improving girls' educational opportunities. Stress is laid on the need for an ongoing public relations program to maintain and expand interest in girls' education, and for USAID to keep a low profile and promote host country citizens as the major actors in the program.