Technology is already playing a crucial role in providing support to teachers, students, and the learning process more broadly. In a field that is developing at dizzying speeds, new solutions to educational...
A teacher’s responsibility is not simply to teach. Teachers must help students acquire the competencies to problem solve, analyze, focus on difficult tasks, think creatively, communicate, and work with...
Children with disabilities are often the most marginalized and excluded from educational opportunities, limiting their opportunities to build independent lives free from poverty. Fifteen percent of the...
Strong external and domestic demand is projected to push economic growth up to 5.3 percent in 2018, translating into higher incomes and declining poverty. Inflation remains subdued, partly due to a strengthening...
Countries need strong education systems that promote learning, life skills, and social cohesion. However, systems struggle to deliver education services in adverse contexts such as armed conflict, natural...
People with a quality post-secondary education are more employable, earn higher wages, and cope better with economic shocks. Higher education benefits both individuals and society. Economic returns for...
Yemen has been experiencing political instability since 2011 and open conflict since late 2014. As a result, the social and institutional fabric in Yemen has witnessed increasing disintegration. Although...
Even in mature health systems, universal access to frontline health services remains largely aspirational. Most countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have few general...
Successful education reforms require good policy design, strong political commitment, and effective implementation capacity. This is extremely challenging. Weak management capacity at all levels of education...
A teacher’s responsibility is not simply to teach. Teachers must help students acquire the competencies to problem solve, analyze, focus on difficult tasks, think creatively, communicate, and work with...
There is a strong link between efficient and effective public procurement and good governance. Public procurement is at the core of translating public policy into tangible results for citizens, delivering...
Type: BriefReport#: 131377Date: October 1, 2018Author:
Tayler,Yolanda ;
Mc Gann,Nora Elizabeth
In Tanzania and Indonesia, we promoted the expansion of mobile savings accounts among women micro-entrepreneurs and provided them with business related training. In doing so, we simultaneously relaxed...
Type: BriefReport#: 130417Date: October 1, 2018Author:
Bastian,Gautam Gustav ;
Bianchi,Iacopo ;
Buvinic,Mayra Lourdes ;
Goldstein,Markus P. ;
Jaluka,Tanvi ;
Knowles,James C. ;
Montalvao Machado,Joao H. C. ;
Kartaadipoetra,Firman Witoelar
A skilled workforce is crucial to countries’ economic transformation. It enables firms to move up the value chain, adapt to economic changes, and adopt and spur innovation, while allowing workers to move...
A current account deficit is sustainable when its underlying drivers support a smooth correction in the future. It is unsustainable when symptomatic of macroeconomic imbalances that would eventually trigger...
Type: BriefReport#: 130415Date: October 1, 2018Author:
Devadas,Sharmila ;
Loayza,Norman V.
Poverty and vulnerability to shocks are widespread in Nepal. Nepal is highly vulnerable to substantial natural hazards, including earthquakes, floods, drought, and landslides. The difficult and varied...
This issue of Indonesia Daily Economic Update for September 28, 2018 contains economic highlights, including: Bank of Indonesia (BI) introduces Domestic Non Delivery Forward (DNDF) to accelerate the deepening...
Type: BriefReport#: 131243Date: September 28, 2018
A South-South knowledge exchange event on grid integration of renewable energy (RE) was held in Qinghai, China on September 25 to 27, 2018. The workshop was organized by the World Bank with funding support...
Type: BriefReport#: 161084Date: September 27, 2018
This story highlights the World Bank Group together with the ANPT and the incubator Seme City, launched the challenge fund to support Benin’s aspiring entrepreneurs as they conceptualize and prototype...
Type: BriefReport#: 166593Date: September 27, 2018
This issue of Indonesia Daily Economic Update for September 27, 2018 contains economic highlights, including: Bank Indonesia (BI) Board of Governors agreed to raise the BI 7-Day Reverse Repo Rate by 25...
Type: BriefReport#: 131245Date: September 27, 2018
This issue of Indonesia Daily Economic Update for September 26, 2018 contains economic highlights, including: Indonesia’s International Investment Position (IIP) recorded a decreased net liability due...
Type: BriefReport#: 131233Date: September 26, 2018
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