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OUR APPROACH TO
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TERTIARY EDUCATION
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PROGRAMS & PROJECTS
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RESULTS & IMPACT
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90K+ students
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Since 2014, over 90,000 students have been trained, including more than 7,600 PhD candidates and 30,000 master’s graduates, through the African Centers of Excellence initiative.
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77% of universities
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A project in Tajikistan provided grants and lab and IT equipment, which enabled 77% of the country's universities to improve the relevance of their curriculum to labor market demands.
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693K students, faculty & administrators
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Over the past 25 years, the World Bank and the Government of Chile have implemented four projects in the country’s tertiary sector, benefitting 693,000 students, faculty and administrators.
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The African Centers of Excellence: 10 Years of Innovation and Impact
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Investing in Skills to Meet the Demands of Tajikistan's Evolving Labor Market
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Tackling the Learning Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean
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RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
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GUIDANCE NOTE
AI Revolution in Higher Education: What you need to know
AI Revolution in Higher Education: What you need to know
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing higher education, transforming how students learn, faculty teach, and institutions operate.
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Choosing Our Future: Education for Climate Action
Choosing Our Future: Education for Climate Action
Education systems can empower, equip, and skill young people for climate mitigation and adaptation. At the same time, climate change induced heat and extreme weather events are significantly disrupting learning, and low-income countries are disproportionately affected.
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MORE ON
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How Digitalization, New Tech Are Transforming Ukraine’s Universities
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Empowering Africa's future: How Higher Education Centers of Excellence are driving innovation
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World Bank Approves US$100 Million Project to Strengthen Higher Education and Boost Employability in Tunisia
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OUR PARTNERS
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- Association of African Universities
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- The Association of Arab Universities
- The British Council
- The Center for International Higher Education at Boston College
- The International Association of Universities
- The Inter-University Council of East Africa
- The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
- UN High Commission for Refugees
Education & Skills
Education and skills training are the bridge between human potential and economic opportunity.
EXPLORE EDUCATION FOCUS AREAS
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