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”
Quality Education is needed for Green Growth
Quality Education is needed for Green Growth (News and Research 269) Investment in education quality is needed to enable green technological innovation and adaptation | Kevin Macdonald and Harry Anthony Patrinos It is well documented that climate change can impact schooling outcomes. Not only can extreme weather events destroy or damage school buildings, extreme climaticContinue reading “Quality Education is needed for Green Growth”
Learning Loss due to COVID-19: it’s real!
Learning Loss due to COVID-19: it’s real! (News and Research 268) Learning loss during COVID-19: An early systematic review | With Covid-19 having caused significant disruption to the global education system, researchers are beginning to become concerned with the impact that this has had on student learning progress and, in particular, whether learning loss hasContinue reading “Learning Loss due to COVID-19: it’s real!”
What’s the Return on Education?
What’s the Return on Education? (News and Research 267) New comparable dataset finds that investments in education, tertiary in particular, lead to higher earnings | The early theory of human capital laid out in 1960s by Gary Becker argues that people treat investments in their human capital, which is mostly achieved through acquiring education, similarlyContinue reading “What’s the Return on Education?”
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