Education, economics and public policy

Towards Higher Education Excellence | (News and Research 360) Towards Higher Education Excellence in Central Asia: A Roadmap for Improving the Quality of Education and Research through Regional Integration  | Ambasz, Nikolaev, Malinovskiy, Olszak Olszewski, Samuel, Zavalina, Botero | The purpose of this Report is to provide recommendations for addressing common challenges while promoting academicContinue reading “Towards Higher Education Excellence”

Interplay of Human Development and Environmental Outcomes: Unveiling the Connection | (News and Research 359) A review of human development and environmental outcomes | Patrinos, Ambasz, Gupta | As we witness the increasing evidence of climate change and its effects on the environment, there is a growing interest in understanding how human development is connectedContinue reading “Interplay of Human Development and Environmental Outcomes: Unveiling the Connection”

Education Finance| (News and Research 358) Education Finance Watch 2023 Download Report: Education Finance Watch 2023 The Education Finance Watch (EFW) 2023 updates analyses on trends and patterns of education spending for the past ten years, up to 2021, the second year after the COVID-19 pandemic. As a special theme of this year’s volume, the EFW 2023 shedsContinue reading “Education Finance”

Education Increases Life Expectancy | (News and Research 357) University education extends life expectancy | Case, Deaton | From 1992 to 2010, both college graduates and non-graduates saw falling mortality, but with greater improvements for the more educated; from 2010 to 2019, mortality continued to fall for those with a BA while rising for thoseContinue reading “Education Increases Life Expectancy”

Fixing the Foundation | (News and Research 356) Fixing the Foundation: Teachers and Basic Education in East Asia and Pacific | Every year in 22 middle-income East Asia and Pacific countries, around 172 million children are enrolled in primary school. Early investments in education were key to East Asia’s remarkable development. Yet, despite significant advances inContinue reading “Fixing the Foundation”

Education Trends | (News and Research 355) The World Bank is the largest external financier of education in low- & middle- income countries, with a portfolio of about $24B in 95 countries – Luis Benveniste, Global Director, Education, at the United Nations General Assembly meetings, September 17, 2023 Four of the biggest problems facing education—andContinue reading “Education Trends”

Building on Efforts to Improve Learning | (News and Research 354) How Ghana Is Improving Learning for Every Child | Anna Bjerde: During my last trip to Ghana, I saw a classroom full of eager young boys and girls, hands raised, waiting patiently to be called to answer questions – each vying to catch theContinue reading “Building on Efforts to Improve Learning”

 Improving Learning Outcomes | (News and Research 353) Improving Learning in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries | Angrist, Aurino, Patrinos, Psacharopoulos, Vegas, Nordjo, Wong | The current challenge of education systems is learning. Across low-income countries (LICs) and lower-middle-income countries (LMCs), 62 % of 10-year-olds could not read at a minimally sufficient level in 2015. This studyContinue reading “Improving Learning Outcomes”

Global Learning Loss | (News and Research 352) First estimates of global learning loss in student achievement using comparable reading scores | Jakubowski, Gajderowicz, Patrinos | At the World Bank, and with partners, we have been tracking the learning losses from COVID-19 for the past three years. At the start of the pandemic in 2020,Continue reading “Global Learning Loss”

Global Learning Loss – Evidence from PIRLS | (News and Research 351) Global Learning Loss in Student Achievement: First Estimates using Comparable Reading Scores | Jakubowski, Gajderowicz, Patrinos | COVID-related educational loss equals more than a year of schooling. Learning losses are larger for those who faced relatively longer school closures. Lower-achieving students experienced much larger educationalContinue reading “Global Learning Loss – Evidence from PIRLS”