The World Development Report 2018 (WDR 2018)—LEARNING to Realize Education’s Promise—is the first ever devoted entirely to education. And the timing is excellent: education has long been critical to human welfare, but it is even more so in a time of rapid economic and social change. The best way to equip children and youth forContinue reading “World Development Report: Learning to Realize Education’s Promise (News and Research 62)”
Indigenous Peoples, Poverty and the Search for Solutions
From HuffPost Recently, Canadian Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau used his United Nations General Assembly speech to highlight the socioeconomic challenges faced by Indigenous Peoples in his country. He drew attention to inequalities in education, unemployment and the higher levels of poverty of indigenous peoples compared to the non-indigenous population. Indigenous children in Canada are more than twice as likelyContinue reading “Indigenous Peoples, Poverty and the Search for Solutions”
Early Childhood Conference (News and Research 61)
Tonga at Pacific Early Childhood Conference Addressing a way forward for early childhood education was the focus of the first Pacific Early Childhood Development Conference held on September 19-21 on Denarau Island, Nadi… Vicky Colbert, Laureate of the Yidan Prize for Educational Development Vicky Colbert, Director of Fundación Escuela Nueva Volvamos a la Gente (FEN), wasContinue reading “Early Childhood Conference (News and Research 61)”
Investing in Teachers (News and Research 60)
Investing in Teachers Crucial to Improve Education in Indonesia: World Bank The World Bank’s senior director of education, Jaime Saavedra, said on Thursday (14/09) that Indonesia needs to reform and invest in the teaching profession for classroom learning to be more effective and the quality of education in the country to improve. “Teachers are stillContinue reading “Investing in Teachers (News and Research 60)”
An Investment in the Future (News and Research 59)
Early Grade Literacy – An Investment in the Future
Back to School: Why We Should Invest in Education (News and Research 58)
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Back to School: Why We Should Invest in Education (News and Research 58)
Why We Should Invest in Education – Especially During Tough Economic Times What Works in Education to Get Economies Moving and to Sustain Growth? (Part 3) The insight that education is valuable both to individuals and to countries is not new. Using continuously improving data and statistical tools, we have come to understand and appreciateContinue reading “Back to School: Why We Should Invest in Education (News and Research 58)”
Human Capital (News and Research 57)
Gary Becker’s concept of human capital Becker made people the central focus of economics. The second in our series on big economic ideas…Why do families in rich countries have fewer children? Why do companies in poor countries often provide meals for their workers? Why has each new generation spent more time in school than the oneContinue reading “Human Capital (News and Research 57)”
Roads versus Schools (News and Research 56)
Developing countries should invest in schools before roads—at least for now A “big push” investment in schools would be the way to help the output from education match or exceed that from roads Roads or schools Despite investment in education appearing to be a more pressing need in many developing countries, spending on roads oftenContinue reading “Roads versus Schools (News and Research 56)”
News and Research 55: Remembering Gwang-Jo Kim
Remembering UNESCO Bangkok Director Gwang-Jo Kim (1955-2017) Gwang-Jo was a friend. I feel honored to have worked with him at the World Bank. He was the first Korean to join us as part of a secondment program. A better representative could not have been chosen. He excelled and everyone around him benefited. We worked on severalContinue reading “News and Research 55: Remembering Gwang-Jo Kim”
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