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  • What’s at Play? Unpacking the Relationship between Teaching and Learning (English)

    Using unique nationally representative school and system survey data from 13 education systems in low and middle-income countries collected through the World Bank’s Global Education Policy Dashboard (GEPD)...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 196418 Document Date: January 1, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Brian Stacy,Maryam Akmal,Halsey Rogers,Sergio Venegas Marin,Hersheena Rajaram,Viyaleta Farysheuskaya

  • 100 Student Voices on AI and Education (English)

    The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) is disrupting the landscape of higher education (HE), presenting both opportunities and challenges. This paper discusses the results of focus group...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 194458 Document Date: October 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cristobal Cobo,Alberto Munoz Najar Luque,Bertrand Momo

  • An Assessment of Digital Readiness of Secondary Schools in the Democratic Republic of Congo (English)

    This paper aims to assess the readiness of public secondary schools across different provinces in the DRC to adopt technology that supports the development of digital skills. To this end, nine key factors...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 194681 Document Date: September 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Christiane Wendy Voufo,Frederico Carvalho,Leonce Kazumba,Malu,Ra?ssa,Yevgeniya Savchenko

  • Evaluation of Achievement Change in Egypt Using PIRLS Data (English)

    Amidst global COVID-19 school closures, student outcomes varied worldwide, but usually declined. Egypt notably defied this trend, showing significant improvement in reading scores. Utilizing data from...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 191923 Document Date: April 30, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Harry Anthony Patrinos,Jakubowski, Maciej,Gajderowicz, Tomasz

  • Education : Innovative Financing in Developing Countries (English)

    Despite efforts to generate more funds for education, current financing in the education sector is inadequate, inefficient, and inequitable to ensure quality education and improve learning outcomes. One...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 189695 Document Date: April 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Harry Anthony Patrinos,Nobuyuki Tanaka

  • Labor competency certifications in commercial occupations : a literature review (English)

    Firms generally seek to acquire a competent and stable workforce, as well as to maintain and upgrade the aggregate knowledge and skills of their workers at the lowest possible cost. In doing so, they routinely...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 61696 Document Date: March 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Crawford,Michael F.,Mogollon,Maria Paulina

  • University admission worldwide (English)

    The purpose of this paper is to examine one piece of the tertiary admission puzzle: undergraduate university admission policies and procedures worldwide. It sets forth a basic classification system for...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 45147 Document Date: July 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Helms,Robin Matross

  • The evolving regulatory context for private education in emerging economies (English)

    This discussion paper provides a brief overview of the regulation of the private education sector. It also identifies a number of potential regulatory barriers to growth and set out some suggested steps...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 44749 Document Date: June 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Fielden,John,Larocque,Norman Isidore Albert

  • The alternative tertiary education sector : more than non-university education (English)

    The purpose of this paper is to examine the relevant attributes and characteristics of the alterative sector of tertiary education (ASTE), develop a framework for comparative analysis of the sector, and...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 44243 Document Date: May 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mikhail,Samih W.

  • Education, skills, and labor market outcomes : evidence from Pakistan (English)

    Policy interest in education is linked to its potential to raise earnings and reduce poverty. This paper investigates the education-earnings relationship in Pakistan, drawing on the Pakistan integrated...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 44241 Document Date: May 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kingdon,Geeta Gandhi,Soderbom,Mans Martin