Nobel Prize in Economics (News and Research 175) Nobel Laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo | The Many Paths to Progress—and Why They Might Not Continue | Foreign Affairs | https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2019-12-03/how-poverty-ends | For all the worries today about the explosion of inequality in rich countries, the last few decades have been remarkably good for theContinue reading “Nobel Prize in Economics”
PISA 2018 Results
PISA 2018 Results (News and Research 174) After two decades of PISA tests, why haven’t scores risen more? Rich-nation education splurge fails to deliver results Pisa star Finland falls down rankings Japanese students drop to country’s lowest-ever rank in reading in international test How do Sweden’s Pisa school results compare to other countries? Pisa rankings:Continue reading “PISA 2018 Results”
Youth Power
Youth Power (News and Research 173) Project of Youth Body Development implemented in Kazakhstan | The Youth Corps Development Project is a joint project between the World Bank and the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan. The project aims to engage the youth into community life, develop life skills through community-based service learning. ИтогиContinue reading “Youth Power”
Bold Education Reforms Needed
Bold Education Reforms Needed (News and Research 172) Bold education reforms can lift Ukraine’s economy | So why is education not contributing more to Ukraine’s economy? A recently completed World Bank education study identifies several likely reasons… Bulgaria government announces free preschool for children from poor families | with the support of the World Bank makes theContinue reading “Bold Education Reforms Needed”
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan (News and Research 171) International Conference and Exhibition: Education and Sport in the Epoch the Powerful State, organized by the Government of Turkmenistan, November 13-15, 2019, Ashgabat President of Turkmenistan addresses participants of the international forum on education Photo report: International exhibition in Ashgabat Other News IMF calls for increasing healthcare and educationContinue reading “Turkmenistan”
Russian Education Aid for Development (READ) Program
Russian Education Aid for Development (READ) Program (News and Research 170) READ Program Plays Crucial Role in Global Effort to Eliminate Learning Poverty On November 6, 2019, at a conference convened on the tenth anniversary of the READ (Russian Education Aid for Development) Program, experts from around the world convened to reflect on global progress andContinue reading “Russian Education Aid for Development (READ) Program”
Everyone’s education level should be at least a little higher every day
Everyone’s education level should be at least a little higher every day (News and Research 169) Everyone’s education level should be at least a little higher every day, says Pashinyan Armenia PM: Biggest role of education is to encourage toward self-education Universities in Armenia are continuing to face serious financial strain: SABER EU to assist ArmeniaContinue reading “Everyone’s education level should be at least a little higher every day”
Education for Human Capital Development
Education for Human Capital Development (News and Research 168) Tackling Learning Poverty to Drive Human Capital Outcomes An experimental evaluation of three teacher quality measures: Value-added, classroom observations, and student surveys The Economics of International Student and Scholar Mobility: Directions for Research UNICEF’s latest report, The State of the World’s Children 2019: Children, food and nutrition:Continue reading “Education for Human Capital Development”
End Learning Poverty
End Learning Poverty (News and Research 167) World Bank moves to halve ‘learning poverty’ and end illiteracy Belarus eager to borrow €65m from World Bank to modernize higher education system WB Executive Director: Georgia’s Education Reform Efforts are Important Is there a policy remedy for brain drain in Europe? US to support development of earlyContinue reading “End Learning Poverty”
The Education System and the Economy
The Education System and the Economy (News and Research 166) The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to: Abhijit Banerjee Esther Duflo Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty” https://www.nobelprize.org/ The Education System and the Economy:Continue reading “The Education System and the Economy”
Education, economics and public policy 