Global Education Database - PC-based Version

GED 2003 is a complete database that replaces previous versions. The GED was developed by USAID's Office of Education to provide the Agency and its development partners with selected statistical data on international education in an easy-to-use electronic format. The GED is an outgrowth of the Statistical Profile of Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (SPESSA) sponsored by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA). USAID would like to acknowledge ADEA for its pioneering efforts to compile and disseminate an electronic database of education statistics.

The GED provides an interactive program for accessing education data compiled by USAID from the UNESCO Institute of Statistics and from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), a USAID program that has conducted full-scale nationally representative household surveys in over 60 developing countries since 1984.

Users can access UNESCO data to measure the performance of a specific country over time in areas such as school enrollments, public expenditure on education, and gender equity. For most of the indicators, time-series data are available for 1980, 1985, and single years from 1990 through 1999 or 2000. With over 200 countries represented, the database is also a useful tool for cross-country comparisons of education indicators. The UNESCO section is organized in the following data groups: Country Information (general social and economic data), Education Finance, Primary Education, Secondary Education, and Tertiary Education.

The DHS section includes data for indicators of adult literacy, primary and secondary school attainment, and primary and secondary school attendance, all by sex and urban-rural residence. These data are supplied by 116 nationally representative household surveys conducted between 1986 and 2002 in 62 countries.

The program processes the user's selections and then presents the data in both graphic and spreadsheet formats. The data and graphs may be printed, copied to the "Clipboard" (for temporary storage until they are pasted into another software environment such as a spreadsheet) or exported into Microsoft Excel or HTML formats. In addition, the GED allows the user to save a specific selection as a "scenario" which can then be reloaded and examined or edited at a later time.

The GED is a work in progress. Feedback may be directed to the Office of Education at the U.S. Agency for International Development: 

EGAT/ED
U.S. Agency for International Development
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20523-3901
E-mail: pinquiries@usaid.gov

 

System Requirements:

  • IBM compatible personal computer
  • Operating system - Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, ME, or XP
  • 486 DX/33 processor or better (recommended)
  • Minimum of 16 megabytes of spare random-access memory
  • Hard drive with at least 30 megabytes of free space


Installation Instructions:

Note: If you have a previous version of the GED on your computer, it is recommended that you un-install that version of the program before installing GED 2003.

  1. Start Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, ME, or XP.
  2. Click here to download the setup file "ged2003setup.exe." Be sure to note in which directory you save the file.
  3. On the Windows Task Bar, click Start and then click Run.
  4. Type the full directory name where you saved the file, along with the file name, in the command line box (example: c:\temp\ged2003setup.exe) or use the browse button to locate ged2003setup.exe. Then choose OK.
  5. Follow the on-screen instructions.

User's Guide:

The User's Guide provides step-by-step instructions for accessing data in the GED and includes a detailed Tutorial section that takes the user through a sample data requests. This manual and the "Help" function that is built into the GED program are both valuable resources designed to facilitate use of the database. The guide can be downloaded in Word 97 format or read on-line in PDF format (Adobe Acrobat Reader.) Please choose from the following options:

  • To download the User's Guide in Word 97 format (478 KB), click here.
  • To view the User's Guide in PDF format, you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not already have this software you can download it free, by clicking on the icon below. Once you have downloaded the software or if you already have it installed on your computer, click here to open and view the User's Guide.

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