This study of education in sub-Saharan Africa draws on the collective knowledge of country-specific education studies prepared over the past decade to focus on fundamental questions such as these: Is everyone...
As in most countries worldwide, Sub-Saharan African countries are striving to build their human capital so they can compete for jobs and investments in an increasingly globalized world. In this region...
All countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face the prospect of a substantial increase in the number of primary school completers in the coming years. Although initial conditions vary widely from country...
All countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face the prospect of a substantial increase in the number of primary school completers in the coming years. Although initial conditions vary widely from country...
This summary is divided into five sections: (1) the noteworthy progress made by Mali in the areas of resource mobilization and coverage levels; (2) basic education as an ongoing priority of the Malian...
The Education Country Status Report for Côte-d'Ivoire was at its stage of finalization when events took place that shook up the national landscape. The report provides a diagnostic of the education system...
This report analyzes the Guinean educational system against the global backdrop and focusing on each educational level-that is, at the preschool, primary, secondary, technical and professional, and higher...
Two specific goals in education stand out: ensuring that all children receive basic schooling of adequate quality; and managing the production of graduates at post-basic levels, in terms of quantity and...
This study is part of a series of education country status reports (CSRs) that are being prepared by Bank staff in collaboration with national teams from various Sub-Saharan countries. The immediate objective...
Education for All (EFA) by 2015 is one of eight Millennium Development Goals to which 189 countries committed themselves in 2000 as part of the effort to reduce poverty and improve the welfare of their...
Public funding for the education system in Togo has contracted substantially in the last decade, which helps to explain why the functioning of the system has deteriorated. Nonetheless the country allocated...
Education for All (EFA) by 2015 is one of eight Millennium Development Goals to which 189 countries committed themselves in 2000 as part of the effort to reduce poverty and improve the welfare of their...
Policymakers and experts in the area of education, met to discuss possible resources mobilization at national levels to pursue, and establish educational policies in their countries (Burkina Faso, Guinea...
This sourcebook was written to assist low-income countries with the development and strengthening of their poverty reduction strategies. This book has been designed as a resource for analysis and discourse...
This sourcebook was written to assist low-income countries with the development and strengthening of their poverty reduction strategies. This book has been designed as a resource for analysis and discourse...
Mauritania has been among the African countries in the last decade which have achieved the most progress in expanding educational coverage through decreased regional disparities and reduced educational...
An enhanced version of the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Debt Initiative was put in place in September 1999 to amplify and accelerate the process of bringing down debtor countries' external debt...
This paper reports new estimates of the social returns to education, using countries' economic performance during 1960-85 to capture the externalities from education. The results confirm the social profitability...
Sector work in education, as in other sectors, is concerned with the examination and analysis of a country's development problems, policies, institutions, and investment priorities. Sector issues can be...
These case studies were developed as teaching materials to explain simple analysis techniques for eight problems in the economics of education in developing countries. Each study is self-standing, but...