Sierra Leone reached its target of providing 1 million children with education through remote learning during COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020. In Edo State, Nigeria, 56 percent of Primary and Junior ...

Physical learning environments (PLEs)—including classrooms, schools, and networks of facilities—play a critical role in shaping educational outcomes. The World Bank’s RIGHT+ framework offers guidance ...

In the bustling city of El Alto, Bolivia, where the Aymara and Quechua cultures converge, two remarkable women, Roxana Quispe and Emma Poma, have dedicated their lives to fighting poverty and ...

I need to half-digress from mainstream politics and the elections—only half, because my greatest concern is the dire learning poverty of our public-school students, which is not entirely apolitical.

The World Bank recently released a comprehensive review of Pakistan’s poverty and welfare trends since the early 2000s. The assessment has raised concerns about Pakistan’s economy, saying that the ...

By Ing. Professor Douglas BOATENGWhen attendance is mistaken for achievementThere is a quiet illusion at the heart of modern education policy, one so familiar that it is rarely questioned. Governments ...

As the world faced a host of intertwined challenges – from climate change, pandemics, fragility, geo-political tensions, to debt distress – the World Bank Group changed to become a better and bigger ...

Poverty rate reduced sharply from 2001 to 2015 Progress had been driven by urbanization Economic shocks since 2020 slowed the fall in poverty Sept 23 (Reuters) - Pakistan’s sharp decline in poverty ...