Encouraging Community Action Against Teacher Absenteeism: A Mass Media Experiment in Rural Uganda - Wilke, Anna M.; Green, Donald P.; Tan, Benjamin (The Journal of Development Studies, 2021)
Chronic teacher absenteeism is widespread in Uganda, with approximately one-third of public school teachers absent on any given day. Absenteeism and other problems that arise in Uganda’s public education system are often attributed to a lack of public oversight and parental involvement. In an effort to develop a scalable method of encouraging community engagement on this issue, the present study assesses the extent to which entertainment-education videos increase willingness among Ugandans to take action against absenteeism. Working in collaboration with Ugandan screenwriters and local actors, we developed video dramatisations that depicted the problem of absenteeism and how parents mobilised to address it. We assess the persuasive effects of these dramatisations both under lab-like conditions, to gauge immediate effects, and in the field, to gauge effects two months and eight months after a placebo-controlled media campaign attended by over 10,000 Ugandans in 112 villages. Although the persuasive effects are weaker in the field than the lab setting, the former remain substantial even after eight months. The demonstrated ability of entertainment-education to change public views on this issue sets the stage for policy experiments that test whether entertainment-education campaigns have downstream effects on absenteeism and public school performance more generally.
Keywords: Africa; access to education; education quality

Liberia: Farewell 2019 - A Review of ICT Initiatives in Liberia - Wilkins, Darren (All Africa, 2019)

Systems Theory - Wilkinson, Lee A. (Encyclopedia of Child Behavior and Development, 2011)

Systems Concepts in Action - Williams, Bob; Hummelbrunner, Richard (Stanford University Press, 2020)
Systems Concepts in Action: A Practitioner's Toolkit offers out a wide range of systems methods to help readers investigate, evaluate and intervene in complex messy situations.

Do civil service performance incentives work: Evidence from Ghana and Zambia - Williams, Martin (International Growth Centre, 2020)

Unfinished development projects in Ghana: Mechanising collective choice - Williams, Martin (Voxdev, 2017)
Project non-completion, commonly attributed to corruption or clientelism, is in fact often caused by an inability to prioritise public expenditure

Two degrees of separation in complex food webs - Williams, Richard J.; Berlow, Eric L.; Dunne, Jennifer A.; Barabási, Albert-László; Martinez, Neo D. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2002)

Broadband “the missing link” in global access to education - Williams, Sue; Parkes, Sarah (UNESCO, 2013)
New report from the Broadband Commission highlights strategies for leveraging high-speed networks to realize ‘Education for All’ Broadband connectivity carries unprecedented potential to bridge education divides, transform learning and improve skills for the globalized economy provided that governments make broadband accessible, empower teachers and students to use technology, support the production of local language content and promote open educational resources, says a new report just released by the Broadband Commission for Digital Development.

Great expectations: aspiration, uncertainty and schooling in Rwanda - Williams, Timothy P. (Education Development Trust, 2016)

Educational reform, enquiry‐based learning and the re‐professionalisation of teachers - Williamson, Ben; Morgan, John (The Curriculum Journal, 2009)

Guidelines and good practices for evidence-informed policy-making in a government department - Wills, Alf; Tshangela, Mapula; Shaxson, Louise; Datta, Ajoy; Matomela, Bongani (2014)
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Outcome Harvesting: Principles, Steps, and Evaluation Applications - Wilson-Grau, Ricardo (2018)

The Other Blended Learning: A Classroom-Centered Approach - Wilson, Diann; Smilanich, Ellen M. (Pfeiffer, 2005)
In The Other Blended Learning, Diann Wilson and Ellen Smilanich explain how to successfully blend a variety of learning methods?including mentoring, coaching, on-the-job training, and e-learning?around classroom-delivered content. Though blended learning is most often associated with e-learning, this ?other? blend shows how to maximize the classroom experience to aid learning transfer and improve performance.  Written in an easy-to-use format, The Other Blended Learning offers a practical guide for understanding and implementing a successful blended learning approach in any organization no matter what its size or mission.

ICT integration in Teacher Education - A study of University of Education, Winneba - Wilson, Kofi Bentum; Ayebi-Arthur, Kofi; Tenkorang, Emmanuel Yamoah (Ghana Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2011)
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Desk Review of Technology-Facilitated Learning in Pakistan: A review to guide future development of the technology-facilitated learning space in Pakistan - Wilson, Sam; Khalayleh, Abdullah; Baloch, Imdad; Kaye, Tom (EdTech Hub, 2022)
During the Covid-19 pandemic, EdTech has been used in many different ways to keep children learning in Pakistan. This has ranged from educational radio broadcasting to children in remote mountains, to TV channels being used to deliver classes nationwide. Yet, as the pandemic has developed, this picture has become more complex. Optimism in EdTech’s promise has given way to fears that the most marginalised children — particularly those who cannot access technological solutions — are falling further behind. Even those children who are able to use EdTech may not be learning. In short, a pre-existing digital divide has become more pronounced now that education delivery has had to increasingly rely on technology. This divide must be addressed if EdTech is to support effective learning for all children in all contexts in Pakistan. This desk review argues that the only way to realise EdTech’s potential is to recognise its shortcomings. Technology alone will not help children learn. EdTech’s role is as one part of a wider education system. Technology facilitates learning with support from key actors such as parents, teachers, and school leaders and with sustained political support and supporting infrastructure. This review provides an overview of Pakistan’s technology-facilitated learning landscape that caters to the learning needs of children aged 6–16. It sets out key EdTech-related features, challenges and trends, in addition to highlighting prominent EdTech organisations and tools in Pakistan. Keywords: infrastructure; low tech; policy; out-of-school children; marginalised learners; Pakistan; MoFEPT; UNICEF An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Investing in ICTs in educational institutions in developing countries: An evaluation of their impact in Kenya - Wims, Pádraig; Lawler, M. (undefined, 2007)
ABSTRACT The incorporation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) into the educational curriculum has been promoted as a key step in bridging the digital divide. Despite considerable growth in the numbers of computers acquired by schools in Kenya in recent years and the sacrifices made to finance these, there has been little evaluation of their effectiveness. Consequently, this research seeks to redress this by examining the impact of ICT projects in educational institutions in Kenya. Teaching staff, current students and former students together with parents of current students were surveyed. Key informants were also interviewed to establish the current policies concerning ICT in education in Kenya. An absence of educational software was found, as was the lack of Internet access and use of e-mail. Some 35-40% of secondary school teachers had never used a computer. The research revealed tangible benefits to students from exposure to ICT. It was also found that exposure to computers in schools influenced the career choices of former students. It was concluded that reform of the telecommunications sector is necessary to hasten the rollout of computer technology in educational institutions in Kenya. At school level, the key issues which arose included staff training, mainstreaming of ICT across the curriculum and provision of adequate ICT equipment. Keywords: ICTs; Developing Countries; Education INTRODUCTION This paper investigates the use of computers in educational institutions in the Rift Valley province in Kenya. The adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has been promoted as a key step in bridging the digital divide. Despite considerable growth in the numbers of computers acquired by schools in Kenya in recent years and the sacrifices made to finance these, there has been little evaluation of their effectiveness. Consequently, this study examines ICT projects in educational institutions in Kenya, in order to establish normal practice and to determine the effects of adopting ICTs at school level. BACKGROUND TO THE RESEARCH The country of Kenya experiences many of the problems typical of sub Sahara Africa enumerated by Langmia (2006) in that it is lagging behind in information superhighway technology. In terms of telecommunications infrastructural developments, the growth of the fixed telephone network throughout Kenya has been below expectations; according to the Central Bureau of Statistics (2006), the fixed line tele-density was 1.02% (number of fixed lines per one hundred population) during the year 2003 but this has actually deteriorated since then due to the steady population increase in the absence of infrastructural developments. Most of these fixed line subscribers are concentrated in urban areas which account for 94% of the fixed lines while 6% are in rural areas (ibid). In contrast, cellular services have expanded rapidly from under 15,000 customers in 1999 to over 2.8 million in 2004 (Export Processing Zones Authority, 2005). By April 2004, there were an estimated one million internet users and over one thousand cyber cafes throughout the country (ibid.). Keiyo District is one of 18 districts of the Rift Valley Province and lies just north of the equator, at its centre approximately 350km north west of Nairobi. The western and southern areas of the district are fertile and support the highest population. Livestock rearing and tillage farming are the main occupations of the community. To the north of Iten, the administrative centre, the land gradually rises through forests of indigenous trees and bleak high merino-sheep country. Lumbering is also carried on in this area. The total population of Keiyo District was estimated at 144,000 in 2004, and the population density was estimated to be 100 persons per square km (CKRC, 2004). Keiyo District is the eighth most densely populated district in the Rift Valley Province and has an average life expectancy of 61 years. …
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A new face of education: Bringing technology into the classroom in the developing world - Winthrop, R.; Smith, M.S. (Brookings, 2012)

COVID-19 and school closures: What can countries learn from past emergencies? - Winthrop, Rebecca (Brookings, 2020)
The education in emergencies community can offer good practices for countries battling COVID-19 where education has been disrupted for a protracted period.

Why wait 100 Years? Bridging the gap in global education - Winthrop, Rebecca; McGiveney, Eileen (The Brookings Institution, 2015)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Geekie: Personalized Learning for All - Wise (WISE, 2016)
About the Project This project is one of the 2016 WISE Awards winners. Geekie is an adaptive learning platform that constantly customizes students’ learning experiences instead of providing a single standardized solution to all. Over the last 18 months, the company’s solutions have already helped five million students throughout the country, from all states and […]

Dewey goes digital: Scaling up constructivist pedagogies and the promise of new technologies - Wiske, M. S.; Perkins, D. (Scaling up success: Lessons learned from technology-based educational innovation. New York: Jossey-Bass, 2005)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

COVID-19 Crisis, Impacts on Catholic Schools, and Potential Responses| Part II: Developing Countries with Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa - Wodon, Quentin (Journal of Catholic Education, 2020)
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Supporting education in Nepal: technology that improves teaching and student learning - Wodon, Quentin (Rotary International, 2015)

Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) - Equity and Inclusion in Education Systems - Wodon, Quentin (2016)
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Technology in the classroom: Learning from OLE Nepal - Wodon, Quentin (Global Partnership for Education, 2015)
A young software engineer returned to his native Nepal to support the introduction of technologies in the classroom. Working with the ministry of education, he learns that it takes time to introduce meaningful change, and that support to teachers in the use of the technology is key.

Missed Opportunities : The High Cost of Not Educating Girls - Wodon, Quentin; Montenegro, Claudio; Nguyen, Hoa; Onagoruwa, Adenike (2018)

The Impacts of Fast Track Transformational Teacher Training in Ghana - Wolf, Sharon (Innovations for Poverty Action, 2017)

Experimental Impacts of the “Quality Preschool for Ghana” Interventions on Teacher Professional Well-being, Classroom Quality, and Children’s School Readiness - Wolf, Sharon; Aber, J. Lawrence; Behrman, Jere R.; Tsinigo, Edward (Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2019)
We assessed the impacts of a teacher professional development program for public and private kindergartens in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. We examined impacts on teacher professional well-being, classroom quality, and children’s readiness during one school year. This cluster-randomized trial included 240 schools (teachers N ¼ 444; children N ¼ 3,345, Mage ¼ 5.2) randomly assigned to one of three conditions: teacher training (TT), teacher training plus parental-awareness meetings (TTPA), and controls. The programs incorporated workshops and in-classroom coaching for teachers and video-based discussion groups for parents. Moderate impacts were found on some dimensions of professional well-being (reduced burnout in the TT and TTPA conditions, reduced turnover in the TT condition), classroom quality (increased emotional support/behavior management in the TT and TTPA conditions, support for student expression in the TT condition), and small impacts on multiple domains of children’s school readiness (in the TT condition). The parental-awareness meetings had counteracting effects on child school readiness outcomes. Implications for policy and practice are discussed for Ghana and for early childhood education in low- and middle-income countries.
Keywords: Ghana; ___working_potential_duplicate; classroom quality; early childhood education; kindergarten; school readiness; teacher training and coaching

The Impacts of Teacher Training and Parental Awareness on Kindergarten Quality in Ghana - Wolf, Sharon; Aber, John Lawrence; Behrman, Jere (Innovations for Poverty Action, 2019)

Cluster Randomized Trial of a Large-Scale Education Initiative in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Pilot Year Impacts on Teacher Development. - Wolf, Sharon; Aber, John Lawrence; Torrente, Catalina; Rasheed, Damira; McCoy, Marissa (SREE Spring 2014 Conference, 2014)
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Nudges to improve learning and gender parity: Supporting parent engagement and Ghana’s educational response to Covid-19 using mobile phones - Wolf, Sharon; Aurino, Elisabetta (American Economic Association, 2021)
While recent evidence from Brazil and Ivory Coast suggests that SMS messages to nudge parents' engagement in their children's education have large effects on educational outcomes, the Covid-19 pandemic raises additional concerns. In particular, learning deficits and school dropouts are likely to increase following school shutdowns, especially among vulnerable populations such as older girls who need to work to support their families or due to early marriage, childbearing and adolescent pregnancy. A further knowledge gap relates to the optimal period of exposure to the nudges, which is critical to scale-up. This study investigates whether sending nudges to parents can improve parental engagement in child education and broader development across child age groups and gender, in the low-resource setting of Ghana, by randomly assigning whether parents receive two different versions of nudges, with one version including content promoting girls’ education and addressing some common stereotypes around gender, and whether the duration of these different modalities vary between three and six months.

WORLD BANK STRATEGIC IMPACT EVALUATION FUND (SIEF) - Wolf, Sharon; Aurino, Elisabetta; Brown, Autumn; Tsinigo, Edward (2021)
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Nudges to improve learning and gender parity: Supporting parent engagement and Ghana’s educational response to COVID-19 using mobile phones - Wolf, Sharon; Aurino, Elisabetta; Osei-Akoto, Isaac; Ackwerh, Eunice Yaa Brimfah (World Bank Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF), 2021)
Randomized control trial testing impacts of SMS messages to suggest activities that promote social-emotional development at home and to encourage engagement with remote instruction, variants of these messages that have a gender-parity focus, and the duration of these messages (3 months vs. 6 months)

Learning in the time of a pandemic and implications for returning to school: effects of COVID-19 in Ghana - Wolf, Sharon; Aurino, Elisabetta; Suntheimer, Noelle; Avornyo, Esinam; Tsinigo, Edward; Jordan, Jasmine; Samanhyia, Soloman; Aber, J Lawrence; Behrman, Jere R (CPRE Working Papers, 2021)
The Covid-19 pandemic led to school closures all over the world, leaving children across diverse contexts without formal education for nearly a year. Remote-learning programs were designed and rapidly implemented to promote learning continuity throughout the crisis. There were inequalities in who was able to access remote-learning during school closures, though little systematic evidence documenting these gaps exists, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. In this study, we surveyed 1,844 children in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, as well as their caregivers and teachers, regarding their engagement in remote learning, literacy and math test scores, and household economic hardships. We document inequalities in access to and engagement in remote-learning activities during the ten months in 2020 in which schools were closed in Ghana. Specifically, children in private schools and children in highersocioeconomic status households engaged in remote-learning at higher rates and received more support from their schools and caregivers. Further, controlling for demographic characteristics and pre-pandemic learning outcomes, we document gaps in children’s literacy and math test scores, with food insecure and low-SES children, as well as children enrolled in public schools before the pandemic, performing significantly worse than their peers (0.2-0.3 SD gap). Finally, children in households that experienced more economic hardships during the pandemic engaged in fewer remote learning activities and had lower literacy and numeracy assessment scores. The findings speak to the potential consequences of increased inequalities due to the pandemic as schools re-open in Ghana and around the world and provide insight into how schools may address these inequalities as children return to the classroom.
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Measuring school readiness globally: Assessing the construct validity and measurement invariance of the International Development and Early Learning Assessment (IDELA) in Ethiopia - Wolf, Sharon; Halpin, Peter; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Dowd, Amy Jo; Pisani, Lauren; Borisova, Ivelina (Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2017)
The post 2015 context for international development has led to a demand for assessments that measure multiple dimensions of children's school readiness and are feasibly administered in low-resource settings. The present study assesses the construct validity of the International Development and Early Learning Assessment (IDELA) developed by Save the Children using data from a sample of children (∼5 years of age; N=682) from rural Ethiopia. The study (a) uses exploratory and confirmatory bi-factor analyses to assess the internal structure of the assessment with respect to four hypothesized domains of school-readiness (Early Numeracy, Early Literacy, Social-Emotional development, and Motor development); (b) uses latent regression to examine concurrent validity of the domains against a limited set of child and family characteristics; and (c) establishes measurement invariance across three focal comparisons (children enrolled in center-based care versus home-based care; girls versus boys; and treatment status in a cluster randomized controlled trial of a center-based program). The results support the conclusion that the IDELA is useful for making inferences about children's school readiness. Implications for future use of the IDELA and similar instruments are discussed.
Keywords: Ethiopia; Factor analysis; Measurement invariance; School readiness; Sub-Saharan Africa

Assessing the Construct Validity of Save the Children's International Development and Early Learning Assessment (IDELA) - Wolf, Sharon; Halpin, Peter; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Pisani, Lauren; Dowd, Amy Jo; Borisova, Ivelina (Global TIES for Children, New York University, Save the Children, 2016)

Nudging parents and teachers to improve learning and reduce child labor in Cote d’Ivoire - Wolf, Sharon; Lichand, Guilherme (npj Science of Learning, 2023)
Whether SMS-based nudge interventions can increase parent engagement and improve child learning outcomes across diverse contexts such as rural West Africa is unknown. We conducted a school-randomized trial to test the impacts of an audio or text-message intervention (two messages per week for one school year) to parents and teachers of second and fourth grade students (N = 100 schools, 2246 students) in Cote d’Ivoire. Schools were randomly assigned to have messages sent to (i) parents only, (ii) teachers only, (iii) parents and teachers together, or (iv) control. There were statistically non-significant impacts of the parents-only treatment on learning, although with typical effect sizes (d = 0.08, p = 0.158), and marginally statistically significant increases in child labor (d = 0.11, p < 0.10). We find no impacts of the other treatment conditions. Subgroup analyses based on pre-registered subgroups show significantly larger improvements in learning for children with below-median baseline learning levels for the parents-only arm and negative impacts on learning for girls for the teachers-only arm, suggesting different conclusions regarding impacts on equity for vulnerable children.
Keywords: Economics; Education

Examining sustained impacts of two teacher professional development programs on professional well-being and classroom practices - Wolf, Sharon; Peele, Morgan E. (Teaching and Teacher Education, 2019)
We examine second-year impacts of a 1-year pre-primary teacher training and coaching program, delivered with and without parental-awareness meetings, evaluated with a school-level randomized trial. Outcomes included teachers’ professional well-being and classroom practices. Most gains observed during the program year faded out. However, there were small sustained impacts on the implementation of training activities. Counteracting effects of the parental-awareness meetings were evident, with suggestive evidence that teachers in this treatment group displayed lower scores on one dimension of classroom qualitydSupporting Student Expressiondcompared to controls. Implications for professional development and educational quality are discussed.
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Preliminary impacts of the “Learning to Read in a Healing Classroom” intervention on teacher well-being in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Wolf, Sharon; Torrente, Catalina; Frisoli, Paul; Weisenhorn, Nina; Shivshanker, Anjuli; Annan, Jeannie; Aber, J. Lawrence (Teaching and Teacher Education, 2015)
This article examines the impacts of a partial year of implementation of Learning to Read in a Healing Classroom (LRHC), a curricular and social-emotional teacher professional development intervention in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on teacher professional well-being. Using a cluster-randomized control trial, this study assesses LRHC impacts on a sample of 346 teachers from 64 primary schools. We find statistically significant increases in job dissatisfaction for female teachers and increases in motivation for the least experienced teachers. Implications are discussed for the role of teacher professional development and well-being in improving education in low resource and conflict-affected contexts.
Keywords: Democratic Republic of the Congo; International education; Motivation; Teacher professional development

Cumulative Risk and Teacher Well-Being in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Wolf, Sharon; Torrente, Catalina; McCoy, Marissa; Rasheed, Damira; Aber, J. Lawrence (Comparative Education Review, 2015)
Keywords: C:DRC

LibGuides: Accessibility Toolkit for Open Educational Resources (OER): OER Commons-ISKME - Wolfe, Amy (2020)
Accessibility guide for creating OER

TESS-India OER: Collaborative practices to improve teacher education - Wolfenden, Freda (Indian Journal of Teacher Education, 2015)
As the numbers of children attending school in India rises rapidly ensuring a productive learning experience for every student is a huge challenge. Quality is central to the Government of India’s education policy; major education goals recognise that changes in teachers’ classroom practice are critical to improving students’ learning in elementary and secondary schools across India. This paper describes the rationale and pedagogy of an innovative response to these challenges harnessing contemporary ideas on ‘open’, learning and the increasing availability of network technology in the form of a multilingual Open Educational Resources (OER) teacher education toolkit. The main section of the paper then describes the processes for multi-stakeholder participation in the development of the elements of the OER toolkit and the paper concludes with a discussion of the ‘open’ dimension of the project and how this enables ‘local’ authentication and mediation of use of the OER in each of the project states.
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An exploration of agency in the localisation of open educational resources for teacher development - Wolfenden, Freda; Adinolfi, Lina (Learning, Media and Technology, 2019)
This study examines the practice of adaptation and translation (localisation) of Open Educational Resources (OER). It employs a sociocultural perspective to focus on the experiences of practitioners (localisers) who undertook the localisation of a suite of 125 OER created as part of a teacher professional development programme in India. This localisation process generated eight unique versions of the OER in five languages. Drawing on project reports, practitioner interviews and analysis of the adapted OER, the study explores how localisers created meaning for the task, the situational and linguistic factors that influenced and mediated their decisions to adapt the materials – or not – and the skills and experiences that emerged through the process. Although the findings revealed that changes to the materials were limited, suggesting that enacting localisation is more difficult than perhaps suggested by OER proponents, the analysis indicated forms of localisers’ emerging professional agency through this endeavour.
Keywords: India; Open educational resources (OER); __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2457357; __finaldtb; localisation; professional agency

Moving towards more participatory practice with Open Educational Resources (OER): TESS-India Academic Review - Wolfenden, Freda; Adinolfi, Lina; Cross, Simon; Lee, Clare; Paranjpe, Sandhya; Safford, Kimberly (The Open University, 2017)
The purpose of this academic review of TESS-India activity in three states (Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha) was to seek evidence for change brought about by TESS-India in teacher education in each of these states. The findings offer informed guidance on future trajectories for TESS-India activity and support discussions with key stakeholders in each of these states. The overarching goal of TESS-India is to support delivery of quality pedagogic change in teacher education and school classrooms. TESS-India activity is designed to meet identified professional development needs of teachers and teacher educators in each state. Thus it takes a slightly different form in each state, appropriate to local priorities and conditions. The Review focus was similarly differentiated in each state to align to TESS-India activity in that state. The review field work was carried out by academics from the Open University UK and the Head Academic, TESS-India Country Office, between 30 January and 4 February 2017. It adopted an essentially qualitative approach to understand educators’ (trainee teachers, teachers, local teacher educators and DIET faculty) experiences with the TESS-India resources and the influence of this engagement on their pedagogic practice. Data was generated from multiple sources including analysis of key documentation, semi-structured interviews with teachers, teacher educators and policy makers, and classroom observation. Teachers, teacher educators and SRG members were sampled at different locations within each state. The focus of TESS-India activity to date has been to strengthen the existing government (state) educational system at the elementary stage - SCERT, SSA, DIETS, DEO, DPC (SSA), BEO, BRP, BRC, CRCC, HT, Teacher, Child – in alignment with national policies, frameworks and the RTE Act. The project aims at supplementing and complementing GoI and State specific efforts and activities. Although TESS-India has produced original Open Educational Resources (OER) to support educators working in the secondary stage, as yet there is very little evidence of sustained TESS-India activity with this phase of schooling or with the TESS-India School Leader OER. The review findings are therefore focussed on activity at the elementary stage and are reported at different levels of the system in line with the TESS-India theory of change. The report found that use of TESS-India OER is contributing to quality change in classrooms with students and trainee teachers. • SRG members met by the review team were using the TESS-India OER and described how this use was prompting them to experiment with more interactive and participatory practices. • Teachers observed and / or interviewed by the review team were drawing on TESS-India OER to inform their lesson planning and subsequent teaching. Evidence seen by the review team (learning journals and learning plans) indicates that the practices being developed by these teachers are shared by other teachers in the cohort of teachers participating in TESS-India focus district activity. However the innovation in practice and transformation in pedagogy promised by TESS-India OER is still in the early stages and the evidence is highly emergent. But, critically, through engagement with the MOOC and other TESS-India learning resources, policy makers and lead teacher educators (for example SCERT Directors) are changing their thinking about teacher professional development, moving away from cascade models to a focus on continuous professional development and learning of teachers in their classrooms with support from teacher educators/ experts, either virtually or face-to face.
Keywords: C: India; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2457359; __finaldtb

Teacher educators and OER in East Africa: Interrogating pedagogic change - Wolfenden, Freda; Auckloo, Pritee; Buckler, Alison; Cullen, Jane (Adoption and Impact of OER in the Global South, 2017)
This study examines the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in six teacher education institutions in three contrasting East African settings – Mauritius, Tanzania and Uganda – all of which had previous engagement with OER initiatives. Drawing primarily on interviews with teacher educators, the study examines how and when teacher educators engage with OER, the factors that support and constrain sustained OER engagement, and the influence of such engagement on their teaching practice. It seeks to answer the following three research questions: What kinds of OER are teacher educators aware of and how do they access them? How and for what purpose are they using the OER? What intended and enacted pedagogic practices are associated with OER use? The study takes a sociocultural approach, paying attention to the practices of teacher educators and the context and culture of the teacher education institutions within which they work, as well as the national policies relevant to these institutions. Surveys were sent to academic staff at each of the participating institutions who were, or had been, involved in curriculum development work involving OER. Male and female educators from different disciplinary backgrounds and with varying roles and periods of service within the institutions were targeted. From the respondents, selected individuals were asked to participate in semi-structured interviews concerning OER and their pedagogical practices. A total of 58 surveys were completed by teacher educators along with 36 in-depth teacher educator interviews and six institutional stakeholder interviews. The results of the study indicate that teacher educators’ understanding and use of OER is highly fragmented, with little traction at department or institutional level. At all the study sites there was dissonance between the ways in which individual educators are using OER and the dominant institutional values and discourse. There were also numerous structural and cultural factors acting to limit agency with regards to OER use. The demands of curriculum and assessment, professional identity, digital skills, provision of equipment and connectivity, values and weak cultures of collaboration all exerted an influence and enabled or constrained teacher educators’ efforts to achieve agency with OER. For a small number of teacher educators (OER “champions”), OER provides a tool for extending their agency to move towards more participatory practices. In their interviews, several of these educators spoke of the formative role of academic training and many were linked to external OER networks. These elements of historic identity formation influence how they respond to OER, and enhance their confidence to take risks in moving beyond conventional practice. Enabling educators to act in an agentive way with OER is not easy. Moving forward, attention should be given to issues of access so that educators are able to locate and view OER relatively easily and experiment with their use. This study recommends that time be made available for educators to enhance their skills in working digitally and to become familiar with principles of learning design such that these become integral dimensions of their professional identity. It is also argued that extending and deepening engagement with OER requires opportunities for professional dialogue and collaboration to support the development of productive educator identities with OER and transformation of the community’s field of practice.
Keywords: East Africa; Global South; Mauritius; OEP; OER; Open Education; Open Educational Resources; ROER4D; Tanzania; Uganda; _not_EdTechHub; _zenodoOTHER; agency; pedagogy; teacher education

OER Adaptation and Reuse across cultural contexts in Sub Saharan Africa: Lessons from TESSA (Teacher Education in Sub Saharan Africa) - Wolfenden, Freda; Buckler, Alison Sarah Hemmings; Keraro, Fred (Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2012)

MOOC adaptation and translation to improve equity in participation - Wolfenden, Freda; Cross, Simon; Henry, Fiona (Journal of Learning for Development, 2017)
There is an urgent need to improve elementary and secondary school classroom practices across India and the scale of this challenge is argued to demand new approaches to teacher professional learning. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) represent one such approach and one that, in the context of this study, is considered to provide a means by which to transcend traditional training processes and disrupt conventional pedagogic practices. This paper offers a critical review of a large-scale MOOC deployed in English, and then in Hindi, to support targeted sustainable capacity building within an education development initiative (TESS-India) across seven states in India. The study draws on multiple sources of participant data to identify and examine features, which stimulated a buzz around the MOOCs, leading to over 40,000 registrations and a completion rate of approximately 50% for each of the two MOOCs.
Keywords: Access to Computers; Access to Education; Attitude Measures; ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Educational Technology; Equal Education; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; India; International Programs; Large Group Instruction; Online Courses; Partnerships in Education; Postsecondary Education; Pretests Posttests; Program Implementation; Questionnaires; Surveys; Teacher Education Programs; Teacher Educators; Technology Uses in Education; United Kingdom; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2096064; ___working_potential_duplicate; __finaldtb; ⛔ No DOI found

Going Online for Sexual and Reproductive Health - Women Deliver; Girl Effect (2020)

Architects and contractors: political economy analysis of policy research in Pakistan - Wood, Geof (University of Bath, 2013)
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Protecting the Space for Policy Research: Comparing Think Tanks and Universities in South Asia - Wood, Geof (Think Tank Initiative, 2014)

How many women work in STEM? - Wood, Johnny (World Economic Forum, 2020)
Women in STEM are underrepresented, paid less than men, have fewer publishing opportunities and progress less in their careers.

New Look at Habits and the Habit-Goal Interface - Wood, Wendy; Neil, David (Psychological Review, 2007)

Liberia launches “getting to best in education” program - Woods Baysah, David (Global Partnership for Education, 2018)

English in Action: a new approach to continuing professional development through the use of mediated video, peer support and low-cost mobilephones in Bangladesh - Woodward, Clare; Griffiths, Malcolm; Solly, Mike (Innovations In The Continuing Professional Development Of English Language Teachers, 2014)
Keywords: C:Bangladesh

A roadmap for education technology - Woolf, Beverly Park (2010)
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Leveraging data in African countries: Curating government microdata for research - Woolfrey, Lynn (DataFirst Technical Papers, 2013)
Governments mandate their National Statistics Offices to collect empirical data through censuses and surveys to determine appropriate national policies. Further investigation of this data by academics can help evaluate the effectiveness of government action. In many countries governments have created policies and institutions to share official data with researchers to allow independent evaluation of both the data and the policies informed by the data. In 2009 a survey was undertaken to assess ease of access to government survey microdata in African countries. This investigation revealed that the sharing of African government microdata is constrained by several obstacles. African National Statistics Offices, the main African data producers, have limited resources to curate microdata and ensure its long-term availability. Consequently many African data producers do not follow international best practice with regard to survey data management or make the microdata from official surveys available for research purposes. A further obstacle in Africa is inadequate producer-user communication channels. Concerns around the confidentiality of respondent information also present a barrier to data usage for research, as does the bureaucratic nature of government institutions involved in data production. A follow-up survey undertaken in 2012 examined improvements in data access and other dimensions of data quality in the intervening years, focusing on Statistics Offices participating in a donor project to advance data curation in resource poor countries. The survey showed that the provision of appropriate data curation tools can improve data sharing for policy feedback. However, this is more effective in countries with sound data usage policies driven by African decision-makers who appreciate the role of data utilisation in national development.

What has the XPrize done for us lately? - Woollaston, Victoria (Engineering & Technology, 2020)
Twenty-three years. Seventy million dollars and counting. The XPrize began as a boy’s dream of journeying into space – now it is one of today’s most effective philanthropic endeavours and one with a bold mission: to make the seemingly impossible possible.

Connecting Learning Spaces: Possibilities for Hybrid Learning - Working Group on Digital Learning (Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, 2021)

15 Ways to Support Young Children and their Families in the COVD-19 Response - World Bank (2020)

A Landscape Review of ICT for Disability-inclusive Education - World Bank (World Bank, 2022)
Information and communication technology (ICT) tools can have a catalytic effect in advancing both educational access and learning outcomes for children with disabilities. Despite tremendous potential, a gap exists between technology advancements and their large-scale application in educating children with disabilities in low- and middle-income countries. This landscape review of ICTs for disability inclusive education by the Inclusive Education Initiative seeks to understand the current status and trends in the practice of educational technology (EdTech) and the use of ICT in improving the educational participation and outcomes of children with disabilities. The review explores what factors enable or restrict this improvement within the wider EdTech ecosystem.
Keywords: Access to Education; Access to Learning; Disability Inclusion; Edtech; Education Technology; Inclusive Education

Access to electricity (% of population) - Kenya - World Bank (2020)

Access to electricity (% of population) - Sub-Saharan Africa | Data - World Bank (2021)

Actuemos ya para Proteger el Capital Humano de Nuestros Niños : Los Costos y la Respuesta ante el Impacto de la Pandemia de COVID-19 en el Sector Educativo de América Latina y el Caribe. - World Bank (2021)

Allô École! Using mobile technologies to connect government, teachers, and parents - World Bank (World Bank, 2017)
A World Bank pilot is promoting a mobile social accountability platform « Allô École! » to increase accountability in the primary education sector of the DRC.
Keywords: C: Democratic Republic of Congo

Automated teller machines (ATMs) (per 100,000 adults) - Sierra Leone - World Bank (2012)

Balochistan : Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) Performance Assessment Report - World Bank (2018)
Balochistan : Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) Performance Assessment Report (English)

Bangladesh - COVID 19 School Sector Response Project (English) - World Bank (2020)

Bangladesh: ensuring education for all Bangladeshis - World Bank (World Bank, 2016)
Bangladesh has made remarkable gains over the past two decades by ensuring access to education, especially at the primary level and for girls. The country’s net enrollment rate at the primary school level increased from 80 percent in 2000 to 98 percent in 2015.
Keywords: Asia; South Asia

Bangladesh - Overview - World Bank (World Bank, 2021)
The International Development Association (IDA) has supported Bangladesh since 1972, just after the country’s independence. Since then, the World Bank through its concessional lending arm has committed nearly $26 billion in grants and interest-free credits to Bangladesh.

Bangladesh - Quality Learning for All Program for Results : Environmental and social system assessment (English) - World Bank (2018)
Bangladesh - Quality Learning for All Program for Results : Environmental and social system assessment (English)

Boosting Prosperity, Improving Equity in North and North Eastern Kenya - World Bank (2018)

Briefing note on e-learning - World Bank (2009)

Cambodia Country Profile - World Bank (2021)

Cambodia Learning Poverty Brief - World Bank (2019)

Cambodia's Cross-Cutting Reforms: Public Financial Management, Decentralization, and Public Administration Reforms - Achievements, Coordination, Challenges, and Next Steps - World Bank (2018)
This note analyzes the progress of three public sector reforms (Public Financial Management, Public Administration, and Decentralization and Deconcentration) in Cambodia and describes how their design, implementation, and institutional arrangements can be better sequenced and coordinated. It focuses on the overall public sector reform agenda rather than drill into the specifics of individual reforms. Options are identified to strengthen coordination of the civil service, improve general policy sequencing, and manage challenges within the three reform areas. Recommendations to deepen individual reforms are also provided, in particular, to strengthen cross-cutting public administration improvements.

Children Out of School in Cambodia - World Bank (2023)

Children out of school, primary - Latin America & Caribbean | Data - World Bank (2020)

Classification of Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations - World Bank (2020)

Continuous Teacher Training Goes Nationwide in Tanzania - World Bank (World Bank, 2023)
A World Bank-funded program is piloting continuous professional development for primary school teachers in Tanzania.

Cost-effective approaches to improve global learning: What does recent evidence tell us are “Smart Buys” for improving learning in Low and Middle Income Countries? - World Bank (2020)
Cost-Effective Approaches to Improve Global Learning : What Does Recent Evidence Tell Us Are “Smart Buys” for Improving Learning in Low and Middle Income Countries? (English)

Country Diagnostic of Senegal - World Bank (2019)

Country Partnership Strategy (FY2013–2017) for the Republic of Senegal - World Bank (2013)

COVID-19 Could Lead to Permanent Loss in Learning and Trillions of Dollars in Lost Earnings - World Bank (World Bank, 2020)
COVID-19 Could Lead to Permanent Loss in Learning and Trillions of Dollars in Lost Earnings

Dhaka: improving living conditions for the urban poor - World Bank (Bangladesh Development Series, 2007)

Digital technologies in education - World Bank (2021)

Education Statistics | Education Expenditures - World Bank (2020)

Education Systems’ Response to COVID19 - World Bank (The World Bank, 2020)

Educational television during COVID-19: How to start and what to consider - World Bank (2020)
Five key insights on starting, using and sustaining education television for remote learning, corroborated by more than 40 current examples from countries.

El Salvador | Data - World Bank (2019)

Ending Learning Poverty: What will it take? - World Bank (2019)

Eswatini Education Sector Analysis 2021 - World Bank (World Bank, 2021)
The current Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP) for 2010-2022 and the first and second National Education and Training Improvement Programs that operationalize the plan, were based on the comprehensive 2010 Education Sector Review (Marope, 2010, MoET, 2010, 2016, 2018b). As the current plan and program come to their end, this education sector analysis (ESA) was undertaken. In addition, complementary studies for the ECDE and TVET sub-sectors will be conducted separately to collect primary data to further help inform the development of the next ESSP. The ESA report examines the recent status of the education system to provide an evidence-based foundation for the Government’s preparation of its next ESSP and help guide the country more generally on the priority issues for the education sector looking forward. This executive summary begins with a brief description of the general context for education followed by an overview of recent achievements in education. The main part of the summary sets out the priority issues identified by the ESA report. The final section concludes with a discussion of selected policy options that may be considered looking ahead.
Keywords: Early Childhood Development; Early Childhood Education; Education Finance; Education Management; Education System; Labor Market; Primary Education; School Administration; Secondary Education; Skills Development; Student Achievement; Student Learning Assessment; Teacher Development; Teacher Recruitment; Teacher Training

eTransform Ghana Project Appraisal Document - World Bank (2013)

Fiscal Consolidation to Accelerate Growth and Support Inclusive Development: Ghana Public Expenditure Review - World Bank (World Bank, 2017)
Ghana has experienced an extended period of robust growth since the early 2000s, supported by a favorable external environment and large investment inflows, particularly in the extractive industries. In 2011, as the start of oil production drove a surge in per capita income, Ghana graduated from low-income to lower-middle-income status. Despite the key role of the extractive industries, recent growth has been relatively inclusive, and Ghana achieved its Millennium Development Goal of halving the poverty rate by 2015. However, macroeconomic conditions have deteriorated since 2012, giving rise to substantial domestic and external imbalances. Although external shocks have underscored Ghana's vulnerability to global commodity and financial markets, the recurring nature of its imbalances reflects deeper structural deficiencies in its macroeconomic policies and public financial management (PFM) framework. A heavy focus on commodity exports has accelerated Ghana's recent growth, but the country's economic outlook increasingly hinges on a narrow range of volatile commodity prices.
Keywords: Agricultural Productivity; Fiscal Policy; Health; Macroeconomic Policy; Pay Reform; Public Education; Public Expenditure; Public Financial Management; Public Wages; Revenue Management; Taxation

From Growth to Development: Priorities for Sustainably Reducing Poverty and Achieving Middle-Income Status by 2030 - World Bank (2018)

GDP per capita (current US$) | Data - World Bank (2021)

GDP per capita (current US$) - Malawi | Data - World Bank (World Bank, 2021)

Gender Equality and Development - World Bank (World Bank Group, 2012)

Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcomes Project - World Bank (2020)

Girls education - World Bank (2021)

Girls education - World Bank (2021)

Global Economic Prospects - World Bank (2022)
Although global economic output is recovering from the collapse triggered by COVID-19, it will remain below pre-pandemic trends for a prolonged period.

Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) - South Asia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka | Data - World Bank (2018)

Grant Funding Proposal (FY11- Round 33) - World Bank (Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF), 2011)

Guidance Note: Remote Learning and CVID-19 - World Bank (2020)

Guide for Learning Recovery and Acceleration: Using the RAPID Framework to Address COVID-19 Learning Losses and Build Forward Better - World Bank (The World Bank, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, FCDO, UNICEF, USAID, UNESCO, 2022)

How countries are using edtech (including online learning, radio, television, texting) to support access to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic - World Bank (World Bank, 2020)
Examples of how countries are using edtech to support remote learning under COVID-19
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Human Capital Index - World Bank (2020)

Human Capital Project - World Bank (2021)
The World Bank believes accelerating investments in people, also known as Investing in Human Capital is essential to achieving greater equity and economic growth. Check the definition of human capital in the World Bank Project brief.

IDA Project Paper on a Proposed Additional Credit to the Republic of Senegal for a Quality Improvement and Equity of Basic Education Project - World Bank (2018)

Implementation Completion and Results Report for a Project to Improve Education Quality in Malawi - World Bank (2015)

Implementation Completion and Results Report (TF-14253, TF-14358) - World Bank (World Bank Group, 2017)

Implementing a Results-Based Financing Mechanism for Subnational Governments to Improve Education Outcomes : An Implementation Guide Inspired by the Case of Ceara, Brazil - World Bank (2020)
Implementing a Results-Based Financing Mechanism for Subnational Governments to Improve Education Outcomes : An Implementation Guide Inspired by the Case of Ceara, Brazil (English)

Improving Educational Quality through Interactive Radio Instruction - World Bank (2005)

Incidence of HIV, all (per 1,000 uninfected population) - Sierra Leone | Data - World Bank (2020)

Incidence of malaria (per 1,000 population at risk) - Sierra Leone, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | Data - World Bank (2018)

Inclusion Matters : The Foundation for Shared Prosperity - World Bank (World Bank, 2013)
Today, the world is at a conjuncture where issues of exclusion and inclusion are assuming new significance for both developed and developing countries. The imperative for social inclusion has blurred the distinction between these two stylized poles of development. Countries that used to be referred to as developed are grappling with issues of exclusion and inclusion perhaps more intensely today than they did a decade ago. And countries previously called developing are grappling with both old issues and new forms of exclusion thrown up by growth. Nonlinear demographic transitions, global economic volatility, shifts in the international balance of power, and local political movements have had a large part to play in these shifting sands. These changes make social inclusion more urgent than it was even a decade ago. This report tries to put boundaries around the abstraction that is "social inclusion." Placing the discussion of social inclusion within such global transitions and transformations, the report argues that social inclusion is an evolving agenda. It offers two easy-to-use definitions and a framework to assist practitioners in asking, outlining, and developing some of the right questions that can help advance the agenda of inclusion in different contexts. This report builds on previous analytical work, especially by the World Bank, on themes that touch upon social inclusion, including multidimensional poverty, inequality, equity, social cohesion, and empowerment. There are seven main messages in this report: (1) excluded groups exist in all countries; (2) excluded groups are consistently denied opportunities; (3) intense global transitions are leading to social transformations that create new opportunities for inclusion as well as exacerbating existing forms of exclusion; (4) people take part in society through markets, services, and spaces; (5) social and economic transformations affect the attitudes and perceptions of people. As people act on the basis of how they feel, it is important to pay attention to their attitudes and perceptions; (6) exclusion is not immutable. Abundant evidence demonstrates that social inclusion can be planned and achieved; and (7) moving ahead will require a broader and deeper knowledge of exclusion and its impacts as well as taking concerted action. The report is divided into three parts. Part one is framing the issues. Part two focuses on transitions, transformations, and perceptions. Part three is change is possible.

Inclusive Education Initiative: Transforming Education for Children with Disabilities - World Bank (Google Docs, 2020)

Individuals using the Internet (% of population) - World Bank (2017)

Individuals using the Internet (% of population) - World Bank (2020)

Individuals using the Internet (% of population) | Data - World Bank (2020)

Individuals using the Internet (% of population) - South Asia | Data - World Bank (2020)

Individuals using the Internet (% of population) - Sub-Saharan Africa | Data - World Bank (2020)

Information and Communications Infrastructure Development Project - World Bank (World Bank, 2015)
Information and Communications Infrastructure Development Project

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for Accountability in the Primary Education Sector in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): Interim Results, Lessons Learned, and the Way Forward - World Bank (World Bank, 2016)

Investing in the Early Years During COVID-19 - World Bank (World Bank, 2020)

Is education ready to work in data-intensive environments? - World Bank (Medium, 2019)
The availability of good data can help lead to making good decisions. This is true in education, as it is in other sectors.

ISR-Mongolia: Improving Primary Education Outcomes for the most vulnerable children in rural Mongolia (P130760) - World Bank (The World Bank, 2017)

Joint IDA-IFC-MIGA Country Partnership Strategy for the Republic of Senegal - World Bank (2013)

Keeping Bangladesh’s Students Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic - World Bank (2021)

Kenya GPE 19 Learning Continuity in Basic Education Project - Implementation Status and Results Report - World Bank (2021)

Kenya: Off-grid Solar Access Project for Underserved Counties - World Bank (2020)
Kenya: Off-grid Solar Access Project for Underserved Counties

Kenya Overview - World Bank (2019)
The World Bank’s work in Kenya supports the government’s Vision 2030 development strategy, which aims to accelerate sustainable growth, reduce inequality, and manage resource scarcity.

Kenya Public Expenditure Review 2020: Options for Fiscal Consolidation after the COVID-19 Crisis - World Bank (World Bank, 2020)
The objective of this public expenditure review (PER) is to provide the government with options for fiscal consolidation and support macroeconomic stability in the medium-term. This PER addresses the broad topic of expenditure efficiency and examines options for expenditure rationalization to help return Kenya’s fiscal accounts to a prudent trajectory in the medium-term. The PER is being undertaken as a programmatic analytical product with two modules. The first module focuses on identifying options for expenditure rationalization and measures to strengthen within-year expenditure control for better expenditure management. The second module to be delivered in FY21 will focus on efficiency, effectiveness, and equity of spending within public services delivery sectors of education, health, and disaster risk financing. The report builds upon several other Bank-led reports that contribute to the discussion around improving public expenditure and strengthening expenditure controls in Kenya. It complements an ongoing governance for enabling service delivery and public investments in Kenya (GESDeK) project, which is at the forefront in supporting numerous reforms highlighted in this PER to improve efficiency in spending and strengthen expenditure controls. The report is organized as follows: chapter one contains the macro context, trends, and composition of spending, overall balance and debt. Chapter two contains the fiscal and debt sustainability analysis while chapter three presents options for expenditure rationalization in Kenya. Chapter four ties it all together with fiscal savings and policy recommendations.
Keywords: Debt Sustainability; Expenditure Control System; Fiscal Sustainability; Fiscal Trends; Public Debt; Public Expenditure; Public Investment Management; Public Procurement; Public Wage Bill; Revenue

Knowlege Pack: Procurement - World Bank (2022)

Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) - World Bank (2020)

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Inclusion and education: ALL MEANS ALL - World Bank (2020)

Learners with Disabilities & COVID-19 School Closure - World Bank (2021)

Learning poverty - World Bank (2019)

Learning poverty - World Bank (2019)
This indicator brings together schooling and learning indicators.

Learning Poverty Brief - World Bank (2019)

Lessons from Kenya’s Education Reforms - World Bank (2022)

Leveraging Malawi’s Existing Digital Infrastructure to Boost Economic Growth - World Bank (World Bank, 2021)
The latest economic analysis of Malawi says the country has an opportunity to kickstart digital transformation by enabling the growth of a robust digital economy ecosystem

Liberia Education Sector Analysis - World Bank (2016)

Liberia - Improving Results in Secondary Education Project - World Bank (2019)

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) - World Bank (2020)

Making Teacher Policy Work - World Bank (World Bank Group, 2023)
Making Teacher Policy Work (English)

Making Teacher Policy Work - World Bank (World Bank Group, 2023)
Making Teacher Policy Work (English)

Malawi Overview - World Bank (World Bank, 2021)
The World Bank Group supports Malawi’s efforts to reduce poverty and promote economic growth by working with the government, development partners, and civil society.

Malawi World Bank Approves $100 Million to Improve Skills Development Programs - World Bank (World Bank, 2021)
The World Bank today approved $100 million in financing from the International Development Association (IDA)* for Malawi to support increased access, particularly for female students, to skills development programs in priority areas of the economy that are most relevant to the labor market— now and in the future.

Malawi World Bank Approves $100 Million to Improve Skills Development Programs - World Bank (World Bank, 2021)
The World Bank today approved $100 million in financing from the International Development Association (IDA)* for Malawi to support increased access, particularly for female students, to skills development programs in priority areas of the economy that are most relevant to the labor market— now and in the future.

Malawi World Bank Approves $100 Million to Improve Skills Development Programs Press Release - World Bank (2021)
The World Bank today approved $100 million in financing from the International Development Association (IDA)* for Malawi to support increased access, particularly for female students, to skills development programs in priority areas of the economy that are most relevant to the labor market— now and in the future.
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Microdata Library - World Bank (2022)

Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) - World Bank (2018)

Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) - South Asia | Data - World Bank (2020)

Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) - Sub-Saharan Africa - World Bank (2018)

Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) - Sub-Saharan Africa | Data - World Bank (2020)

Mongolia - Improving Primary Education Outcomes for the Most Vulnerable Children in Rural Mongolia (English) - World Bank (World Bank, 2020)
Mongolia - Improving Primary Education Outcomes for the Most Vulnerable Children in Rural Mongolia (English)

Mongolia Poverty Update 2018 - World Bank (Main Report of "Household Socio-Economic Survey 2018", 2020)

Mongolia: Systematic Country Diagnostic - World Bank (World Bank, 2018)

Mozambique - Service delivery indicators: Mozambique service delivery indicators (English) - World Bank (World Bank Group, 2015)
Mozambique service delivery indicators brief;education

MozPulse wave 1 Results Report - World Bank (World Bank, 2020)

Nigeria | Country Profile - World Bank (2020)
The World Bank is helping to fight poverty and improve living standards for the people of Nigeria with more than 130 IBRD loans and IDA credits since 1958.

Nigeria: Human Capital Index Summary - World Bank (2018)

Nigeria | Population - World Bank (2019)

Open Data Readiness Assessment: Sierra Leone - World Bank (2015)

Pakistan@100: Shaping the Future - World Bank (World Bank Group, 2018)
Pakistan@100: Shaping the Future articulates the reforms that are necessary for Pakistan to accelerate and sustain growth, and become an upper middle-income country by 2047, when it turns 100 years old.

Pakistan | Data - World Bank (World Bank Group, 2020)

Pakistan - Learning Poverty Brief - World Bank (World Bank Group, 2019)

Pakistan’s Floods are Deepening its Learning Crisis - World Bank (2022)

Pivoting to Inclusion: Leveraging Lessons from the COVID-19 Crisis for Learners with Disabilities - World Bank (2020)

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) - Bangladesh | Data - World Bank (2021)

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) - Bangladesh | Data - World Bank (2021)

Population growth (annual %) - Bangladesh | Data - World Bank (2021)

Population growth (annual %) - Kenya | Data - World Bank (2021)

Population growth (annual %) - Pakistan - World Bank (World Bank Group, 2019)

Population, total - Bangladesh | Data - World Bank (2021)

Population, total | Data - World Bank (2021)

Population, total - Kenya | Data - World Bank (2021)

Population, total - Pakistan | Data - World Bank (World Bank Group, 2019)

Poverty and Equity Brief: Pakistan - World Bank (2021)

Poverty and shared prosperity 2018: piecing together the poverty puzzle - World Bank (World Bank, 2018)

Pre-Primary Education in Mongolia: Access, Quality of Service Delivery, & Child Development Outcomes - World Bank (World Bank, 2017)

Pre-primary education in Mongolia : access, quality of service delivery, & child development outcomes - March 2017 - World Bank (World Bank, 2017)
Pre-primary education in Mongolia : access, quality of service delivery, & child development outcomes - March 2017 (English)

Project Appraisal document on a Global Partnership for Education Fund grant in the amount of US$88.4 million to the Republic of Kenya for a primary education development project - World Bank (2015)

Project Appraisal document on a grant from the Global Partnership for Education to the Republic of Madagascar - World Bank (2018)

Project Information Document (PID) Concept Stage: Mongolia Education Quality Reform Project - World Bank (The World Bank, 2013)

Project Information Document (PID): Sierra Leone Free Education Project (P167897) - World Bank (World Bank Group, 2019)

Project Information Document: Sierra Leone Free Education Project - World Bank (2019)

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary - Tanzania | Data - World Bank (2018)

Rapid Response Guidance Note: Educational Television & COVID-19 - World Bank (2020)
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Rapid Response Guidance Note: Educational Television & COVID-19 - World Bank (2020)
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Realizing the Future of Learning : From Learning Poverty to Learning for Everyone, Everywhere - World Bank (World Bank, 2020)
Realizing the Future of Learning : From Learning Poverty to Learning for Everyone, Everywhere (English)

Remote Learning and COVID-19: The use of educational technologies at scale across an education system as a result of massive school closings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to enable distance education and online learning - World Bank (2020)

Remote Learning, Distance Education and Online Learning During the COVID19 Pandemic: A Resource List by the World Bank's Edtech Team - World Bank (World Bank, 2020)
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Remote Learning Response to COVID-19 Knowledge Pack : With a Focus on Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Fragility, Conflict and Violence (FCV) - World Bank (World Bank Group, 2020)
Remote Learning Response to COVID-19 Knowledge Pack : With a Focus on Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Fragility, Conflict and Violence (FCV) (English)

Report on Education Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean: Urgent Action is Needed to Address the Enormous Education Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean - World Bank (The World Bank, 2021)
Following the massive school closures, as of February 2021, about 120 million school-age children had already lost or were at risk of losing a full academic year of presential education, with serious educational impacts, according to the report, Acting now to protect the human capital of our children: The costs of and response to the COVID-19 pandemic impact on the education sector in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Republic of Sierra Leone Higher and Tertiary Education Sector Policy Note - World Bank (2013)

Restructuring Paper on a Proposed Project: Restructuring of the Education Quality Reform Project - World Bank (The World Bank, 2020)

Revitalizing Education Development in Sierra Leone (REDISL) Project - World Bank (2014)

Rural population (% of total population) - Bangladesh | Data - World Bank (2021)