Cash on Delivery: Exploring a Results-Based Approach to Education Aid
Around the world, aid from international donors buys textbooks, hires teachers, and opens schools - all worthy and necessary contributions in the fight to educate every child. But largely, the...
View ArticleGender and Marginalization
This past spring, UNESCO published its 2010 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, which offered an in-depth look at the pressing need for countries and donors to focus on Reaching the...
View ArticleWorld Bank Helps Haiti's Children Get Back to School Following Earthquake
Displaced and without income surviving Haitians find it hard to pay for their kids education. The World Bank is giving more than 130,000 children access to education and 120,000 also get a warm meal....
View ArticleGordon Brown hails education as the best anti-poverty program
Blogging from the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit in New York City.This morning, 69 million children would not have gone to school around the world. And of those who did, many did...
View ArticleAn Uphill Struggle? Equity in Higher Education for People with Disabilities
Co-authored by Jennifer Pye, Tertiary Education TeamGlobally the disabled population continues to be the most disadvantaged and marginalized group within society with limited access to educational...
View ArticleRockstars for Reading? Education Needs Advocates
Against overwhelming odds, the efforts of countries and donors to pursue the Education for All (EFA) goals over the last decade have paid off. The number of out of school children has dropped by the...
View ArticleJomtien, 20 Years Later: Global Education for All Partners Must Renew...
Twenty years ago when I was a relatively new economist at the World Bank, I was part of the Bank’s delegation to Jomtien, Thailand, where the heads of several multilateral development agencies,...
View ArticleYes, Prime Minister. It's About Learning!
Last week in Jomtien, Thailand, Ministers of Education and senior education officials from 34 countries, joined by supporters from dozens of international agencies and civil society organizations,...
View ArticleCe înseamnă învățământul pentru toți pentru Europa și Asia Centrală
Ca urmare a lansării recente a noii Strategii a Băncii Mondiale în domeniul Învățământului pentru 2020 de către Președintele Robert Zoellick, începem acum să reflectăm despre felul cum această...
View ArticleRenewing urgency around Education for All?
As donors, developing country governments, civil society and private sector representatives gather in Copenhagen for the replenishment of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), I feel both a sense...
View ArticleWorld Bank Managing Director Mahmoud Mohieldin writes about 'The Education...
In a recent Op-Ed World Bank Managing Director, Mahmoud Mohieldin, writes about the importance of education and its impact on development.“Households with more education cope better with economic...
View ArticleEducation in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region: Investing Early, Smartly...
The World Bank’s new Education Strategy, Learning for All, invites us to invest early, invest smartly, and invest for all. It proposes fostering a comprehensive view of education – a systems approach...
View ArticleWorld Bank President asks us to Invest Early, Wisely and for All in Education
On the occasion of International Literacy Day, World Bank President Jim Kim talks about the World Bank's Education Strategy 2020, and its role in promoting literacy and achieving universal learning.
View ArticleLet’s Put Education First
Today in New York, the U.N. Secretary General announces the launch of his Education First initiative to raise the political profile of education, strengthen the global movement to achieve quality...
View ArticleA Bad Apple in the Classroom? Know It To Change It
Recently, I was part of the Global Economic Symposium held in Rio de Janeiro. This year’s theme was Growth through Education and Innovation; I presented as part of a panel entitled Effective...
View ArticleThe Global Education Imperative
At last month's Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon shared the stage with Western Union President Hikmet Ersek, Nigerian Minister of...
View ArticleInnovative Approaches to Low Cost Education: Examples from around the Globe
This was originally published on Pearson's Affordable Learning blog.In many developing countries, the government remains the main financier and the dominant provider of education. The demand for...
View ArticleThe World Bank is Listening: Global Consultations Shape New Education...
What will the world look like in ten years and how can we best tailor our work in education to help countries achieve a future that is prosperous and equitable?These are some of the questions the World...
View ArticleNew Open Data Initiative Emphasizes Importance of Education Stats and Better...
In conjunction with the new Access to Information policy, the World Bank recently launched the Open Data Initiative, freeing up development data for use to stakeholders worldwide. The new website at...
View ArticleCash on Delivery: Exploring a Results-Based Approach to Education Aid
Around the world, aid from international donors buys textbooks, hires teachers, and opens schools - all worthy and necessary contributions in the fight to educate every child. But largely, the...
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