Explaining the persistence of racial gaps in schooling in South Africa • Cally Ardington, University of Cape Town ; Nicola Branson, University of Cape Town ; David Lam, University of Michigan ; Murray Leibbrandt, University of Cape Town

Family status of the child in the household and access to schooling in Madagascar • Valérie Delaunay, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) ; Bénédicte Gastineau, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (LPED) ; Frédérique Andriamaro, Université Catholique de Madagascar

Divorce, widowhood and children's schooling in Burkina Faso • Bilampoa Gnoumou Thiombiano, Université de Ouagadougou

Educational resource inequality among children in sub-Saharan Africa: trends and drivers • Vongai Kandiwa, Cornell University