A historic show of unity! 19 African Heads of State commit to focusing development aspirations, pledging ambitious economic reforms, at the World Bank's IDA - World Bank Summit.

#IDA21 #IDA21 NAIROBI

Education: Innovative Financing in Developing Countries

w/ Nobu Tanaka

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 way…

'We have to focus on results and impact. This will require more from IDA - World Bank. It will require more from all parts of the World Bank Group, governments and the private sector.'

Watch Ajay at the IDA Heads of State Summit wrld.bg/PiuV50RqL9r #IDAworks #IDA21

🆕 Report “Bending Bamboo Shoots: Strengthening Foundational Skills” identifies 4 steps to improve learning outcomes in #Malaysia :

High-quality preschool #education
Access to quality #ECD for all
Student & teacher performances
Teacher training

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🏫Are you looking for guidance on designing & implementing #SchoolGrants ?

🔽Download our note containing a small subset of questions alongside country examples for practitioners to consider when designing or improving a school grants scheme: wrld.bg/9tmZ50Rplon

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💭Happy #MondayThoughts on #Education !

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Thank you Magdalena Bendini and Amanda Devercelli for the insightful exchange on 📖 “Quality Early Learning: Nurturing Children's Potential” during the World Bank Europe and Central Asia #EarlyChildhoodEducation Policy Academy! 👇

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Our World Bank Education ECA #EarlyChildhoodEducation 🧸Policy Academy completed last week!

We discussed accelerating progress in access to quality services with more than 45 participants across 14 countries. World Bank Europe and Central Asia

🎙️ Tune in to our latest #EdTech #podcast !

Hosted by Robert Hawkins, this special episode features youth voices discussing #AI in #education and employment from the perspective of students in #Africa .

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✏️Are you interested in #education ?

🎦Watch our latest videos featuring our World Bank projects across the world: wrld.bg/u0B750Rkioi

#FundEducation #InvestInPeople

Tripling impact for women and girls.

Hear Anna Bjerde, Amina J Mohammed & Jutta Urpilainen explain how the World Bank, the UN & the European Commission are joining forces for those we serve.

👩🏻‍💻👩🏾‍💻What can #education systems do to support girls in the #AI revolution?

1. Enhance #DigitalSkills & AI literacy training early
2. Facilitate access to #STEM /AI careers
3. Support women’s leadership and representation in research & development of AI

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🗨️ 'As a #Librarypreneur , I'm working on tech solutions to support libraries in #Africa not only in using tech tools but also in becoming creators' - Damilare Oyedele talking w/ Robert Hawkins in our latest World Bank #EdTech podcast.

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🔄Retweet our #FridayThoughts on #Education !

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In #SierraLeone , training youth is becoming crucial by increasing the availability of technical and vocational #education and training programs.

Good news! Around 20,000 young people have already benefited from these programs in priority sectors.
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#DYK ? The World Bank & #Colombia ’s national student loan agency ICETEX had a transformative impact on Colombia’s human capital, enabling 623,000+ Colombians access #HigherEducation in the last 2 decades, reaching 90% of disadvantaged students in 2023.

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2️⃣key takeaways from our report, 'Making Teacher Policy Work':

✅Effective teacher policies facilitate individual-level change

✅Effective teacher policies must be operationally feasible & politically acceptable.

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#InvestInPeople #Education

🆘Today, only 3% of humanitarian aid goes to #education .

Yet the children most in need of a good education are also at greatest risk of having their learning disrupted, whether by conflict, violence, pandemics, climate, or other crises.

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NEW World Bank Report: Uncertainties amidst conflict and indebtedness weighs on the outlook for the Middle East & North Africa.

GDP in overall #MENA region forecast to grow at tepid 2.7% in 2024. wrld.bg/e21Y50Rkhxz