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Highlights
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Courage and Hope: African Teachers Living Positively With HIV: A film telling four teachers’ experiences of living positively with HIV
An estimated 122,000 teachers in sub-Saharan Africa living with HIV have been given voice in a collaborative project by the World Bank and African Ministries of Education networks of HIV/AIDS focal points. The output is a book titled "Courage and Hope: Stories from Teachers Living with HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa" that has been turned into a documentary film produced by Partnership for Child Development with support by the World Bank.
The World's Youth, Their Future and Development
Half of the world's population is 25 or younger and most live in developing countries. Supporting these young people in their successful transition into productive and engaged adulthood can have a big impact on the countries' progress and growth.
Sri Lanka: Including the Excluded in a Knowledge Economy
Building the Sri Lanka’s Knowledge Economy - Opportunities and Challenges, raised awareness and generated dialogue on seeking creative solutions for Sri Lanka to move towards a Knowledge Economy.
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Recent Publications & Reports
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Aggregate Economic Shocks, Child Schooling, and Child Health
By Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Norbert Schady
This paper uses a simple framework to analyze the effects of aggregate economic shocks on child schooling and health. It shows that the expected effects are ambiguous, because of a tension between income and substitution effects. The paper then reviews the recent empirical literature on the subject.
A Positive Stigma for Child Labor?
By Harry Anthony Patrinos and M. Najeeb Shafiq
The authors introduce a simple empirical model that assumes a positive stigma, or norm, toward child labor that is common in some developing countries. They illustrate the positive stigma model using data from Guatemala. Controlling for several child and household level characteristics, the analysis uses two instruments for measuring stigma: a child's indigenous background and the household head's childhood work experience
University Admission Worldwide
By Robin Matross Helms
The purpose of this paper is to examine, compare, and contrast undergraduate university admission policies and procedures worldwide. It sets forth a basic classification system for university admission systems, and brings attention to some of the key considerations and challenges associated with the various models currently in use.
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Recent Events
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Forum on Governance of Higher Education in India: How Best to Strike the Balance between Autonomy and Accountability?
Mysore, India
July 9-10, 2008The objectives of the Event was to address the advantages and challenges of autonomy for engineering institutions in all its aspects: academic, financial, administrative and governance
How to build academic, finacial and managerial capacity of institutions to qualify for more autonomy
How to assess institutional performance in terms of student outcomes, teaching perforamce and financial health/efficiency
Knowledge Generation and Integration in Operations
This workshop highlighted the emerging coda of analytical work in South Asia, ranging from integrating impact evaluations into project design, impact evaluation studies, sector/sub-sector analysis, and strengthening data systems. This website includes various country analysis reports related to the topic.
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Recent Projects
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Mozambique: Education Sector Support Program Fast Track Initiative Catalytic Fund
Approval Date: August 13, 2008
FTI Catalytic Fund: US$79 million
The Development Objectives of the Program are to improve the access, quality and equity of primary and secondary education by supporting the implementation of the Government's Strategic Plan for Education and Culture 2006-2010/11 (SPEC) approved by the Council of Ministers. Panama: Basic Education Quality Improvement Project
Approval Date: August 5, 2008
IBRD Loan: US$35 million
The objectives of the project are to improve: (i) the quality of non-formal initial, basic (grades 1-9) and secondary (10-12) education programs; (ii) the coverage and internal efficiency of initial and basic education; and (iii) the strategic planning and institutional performance of the Ministry of Education at the central, regional and local levels.
Bangladesh: Secondary Education Quality & Access Enhancement Project
Approval Date: July 31, 2008
IDA Credit: US$130.7 million
The objectives of the project are to improve the quality of secondary education, systematically monitor learning outcomes, and to increase access and equity in project upazilas.
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Education - Did you know?
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Edstats Database: The State of Education
“The State of Education” statistical analysis module has been updated with 2006 - 2007 data from the UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS). The module includes charts, maps, and a "Top 10" lists that users may download and copy into reports and presentations.
The new issue of the Edstats Newsletter can also be accessed from the main Edstats website.
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