The Global Learning Crisis (News and Research 279) Mapping the Global Learning Crisis | Despite record enrollments in school worldwide, learning is limited More young children are enrolled in primary school today than any other time in history. Yet achievement data shows that student learning has remained nearly flat over the last two decades inContinue reading “The Global Learning Crisis”
Loss-of-Learning and the Post-Covid Recovery
Loss-of-Learning and the Post-Covid Recovery (News and Research 278) Loss-of-Learning and the Post-Covid Recovery in Low-Income Countries | IMF Working Paper No. 2022/025 | A dynamic general equilibrium model is calibrated to reflect the structural characteristics of vulnerable low-income countries and to replicate key dimensions of the Covid-19 shock. The paper shows that absent significant andContinue reading “Loss-of-Learning and the Post-Covid Recovery”
The COVID-19 Slide in Education: Global Data on Learning Loss
The COVID-19 Slide in Education: Global Data on Learning Loss (News and Research 277) COVID-19 caused significant disruption to the global education system. Early reviews of the first wave of lockdowns and school closures suggested significant learning loss in several countries. Most studies observe increases in inequality where certain demographics of students experienced learning lossesContinue reading “The COVID-19 Slide in Education: Global Data on Learning Loss”
Investments in Education Pay Off
Investments in Education Pay Off (News and Research 276) Developing Central Asia’s Human Capital | During her recent mission to Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, Fadia Saadah, the World Bank’s Human Development Director for Europe and Central Asia, discussed the World Bank’s support in developing human capital in the region, including existing and prospective Bank-funded projectsContinue reading “Investments in Education Pay Off”
The COVID-19 slide in education: new data on learning loss
Alina Sava’s intervention on the Digi24 TV news channel in Romania speaks about the Early Warning Mechanism, the Learning Plan, and how important it is to measure learning loss. Watch here. The COVID-19 slide in education: new data on learning loss (News and Research 275) COVID-19 led to school closures throughout Europe. Early evidence isContinue reading “The COVID-19 slide in education: new data on learning loss”
Education quality, green technology, and the economic impact of carbon pricing
Education quality, green technology, and the economic impact of carbon pricing (News and Research 274) Carbon pricing is increasingly used by governments to reduce emissions. Using data from 21 European countries, this column considers how education quality interacts with the effect of carbon pricing on emissions, output, and wage inequality. Cognitive skills are associated withContinue reading “Education quality, green technology, and the economic impact of carbon pricing”
Avoid School Closures | COVID-19 Learning Loss
Avoid School Closures | COVID-19 Learning Loss (News and Research 273) Omicron: School closures must be ‘avoided whenever possible’ | COVID-19 cases are spiking all over the world, but the Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday that despite the rise of the highly transmissible Omicron variant “nationwide school closures should beContinue reading “Avoid School Closures | COVID-19 Learning Loss”
COVID-19 Learning Loss
COVID-19 Learning Loss (News and Research 272) Event: Is Vaccination the Silver Bullet for School Opening? | Thursday December 16 8:30am EST | Zoom | Register here Long-term, nation-wide school closures result in learning losses. Future earning losses due to COVID-19 school closures expected: forecast $15 -$17 trillion worldwide. Update for Europe and Central AsiaContinue reading “COVID-19 Learning Loss”
Transforming Education
Transforming Education (News and Research 271) World Bank Supports Croatia in Transforming Its Primary Education and Offering Better Learning Opportunities | The World Bank Board of Directors approved a loan to the Republic of Croatia in the amount of EUR25 million ($28.9 million equivalent) for a project to improve the learning environment in selected primaryContinue reading “Transforming Education”
The Benefits of Investing in Education in Russia
The Benefits of Investing in Education in Russia (News and Research 271) Russia has a highly educated population. Enrollments continue to grow. There have been several studies published recently on the benefits to investing in schooling. Starting with our working article in the Higher School of Economics Economic Review, Returns to Education in the RussianContinue reading “The Benefits of Investing in Education in Russia”
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