Publications

This module lists a number of documents published by international organizations in the last few years that provide important education-related data. The list currently includes publications from the World Bank Group, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and UN Development Programme (UNDP). This list will expand and change over time.

EdStats Newsletter

• First issue, February 2008
• Second issue, April 2008
• Third issue, June 2008
• Fourth issue, August 2008
• Fifth issue, October 2008
• Sixth issue, December 2008
• Seventh issue, February 2009
• Eighth issue, April 2009
• Ninth issue, June 2009 
• Tenth issue, August 2009 

World Bank Publications

• From Schooling Access to Learning Outcomes: An Unfinished Agenda
• Expanding Opportunities and Building Competencies for Young People: A New Agenda for Secondary Education
• Constructing Knowledge Societies: New Challenges with Tertiary Education
  Additional Tables 
  • World Bank Lending for Tertiary Education (1990-2000)
  • Tertiary Enrollments by Gender 
  • Tertiary Enrollments by Income Quintile 
  • Public Expenditures on Tertiary Education 
  • Public Expenditures on Tertiary Education by Expenditure Quintile
• 2007 World Development Indicators
• The Role of Education Quality in Economic Growth
• Human Development Network Education Department Publications

• OECD Education-at-a-Glance Report (2008) 
• Human Capital : How what you know shapes your life (2007)
  Additional Tables 
  • Class size and ratio of students to teaching staff 
  • Current upper secondary graduation rates 
  • Educational expenditure per student 
  • Labor force participation by educational attainment
• Science and technology R&D: Investment in knowledge
• Statistical Annex of the 2007 Development Co-operation Report

UNESCO/UIS Publications

• Global Education Digest 2009
  • English version 
  • French version 
  • Spanish version 
• Global Education Digest 2006 : Comparing Education Statistics Around the World
  Additional Tables 
  • Statistical Tables
• Participation in Formal Technical and Vocational Education and Program Training Worldwide: An Initial Statistical Study 
• Educational Equity and Public Policy: Comparing Results from 16 Countries

• 2006 Human Development Report: Beyond Scarcity, Power, poverty and the global water crisis 
  Additional Tables 
  • Statistical Tables