Today is #InternationalLiteracyDay. The rate of return to education is 9% Helen Abadzi: the perils of childhood illiteracy Every September 8, on International Literacy Day, my memory goes to the illiterate women of my youth. Poverty and ethnic conflict in my native Greece were severe several decades ago, but they presented the same educational problems asContinue reading “International Literacy Day 2018 | 8 September 2018 (Education and Development News and Research 109)”
Education and Development News and Research 108
Summer Executive Program | Jointly Sponsored by the World Bank and Peking University’s China Institute for Educational Finance Research | Education’s Promises and Challenges: Focusing on Quality and Equity | August 26-31, 2018, Beijing, China Peking University & World Bank co-sponsor 2018 International Summer School on Education (北大教育财政所与世界银行共同主办2018年“教育与发展”国际暑期学校) to explore ways to improve the qualityContinue reading “Education and Development News and Research 108”
Education and Development News and Research 107
World Bank to Assist Government of Georgia in Education Sector Reformation Georgian Minister of Education Mikheil Batiashvili and Deputy Education Minister Irina Abuladze have discussed key directions of reforms in the education sector at the meeting with World Bank regional director Mercy Tembon. The Education Minister stressed the WB contribution to the development of GeorgiaContinue reading “Education and Development News and Research 107”
Education Systems – News and Research 106
Finland’s Education System: The Journey to Success When Finnish students scored amongst the top in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA, a very influential international assessment administered by the OECD) in 2001, many people in the field of education were intrigued. How could this small nation, which had not been characterized by surprisingly highContinue reading “Education Systems – News and Research 106”
Lead article in Education Economics: Returns to investment in education
Lead article in Education Economics: #Returns to investment in #education: a decennial review of the global literature, with George Psacharopoulos https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/eWUiFQKU8Ey2WsNxZUSX/full … https://twitter.com/hpatrinos/status/1028643268349837312
Blockchain in Education, and other News and Research 105
Last week at the World Bank we had a very well attended seminar on the story of blockchain in education. It featured a presentation by Natalie Smolenski (Anthropologist and Vice President, Business Development Department, Learning Machine), followed by remarks by Juliana Guaqueta. The session, “Practical lessons from the use of blockchain in education: Digital certificatesContinue reading “Blockchain in Education, and other News and Research 105”
Global Education Quality News and Research 104
Global education quality in 4 charts – Over the last century countries around the world have made huge progress in the expansion of schooling: While in 1870 there were just a few countries in which the average person had more than 4 years of education, today there are few countries in which the population hasContinue reading “Global Education Quality News and Research 104”
Human Capital News and Research 103
Just published! With George Psacharopoulos: Returns to investment in education: a decennial review of the global literature The Educate Girls DIB exceeded its goals: How did they do it and what does it mean? The first year was a scramble to get the program up and running, year two was full of stops and starts — itContinue reading “Human Capital News and Research 103”
Human Capital News and Research 102
Can Wall Street Learn to Love Human Capital? Last week at the New York Stock Exchange, JUST Capital, a not-for-profit organization, rang the opening bell. The celebration was to draw attention to their unlikely partnership with Goldman Sachs and the launch of an ETF that enables investors to put money behind an index rated on aContinue reading “Human Capital News and Research 102”
Human Capital News and Research 101
Education and wage inequality before and during the fiscal crisis The Greek labour market has undergone dramatic changes during the last 10 years. Wage inequality, especially at the bottom end of the earnings distribution, increased sharply. At the same time, the past trend towards educational upgrading of the labour force has further been boosted. InContinue reading “Human Capital News and Research 101”
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