.David Evans Susannah Hares Peter A. Holland & Amina Mendez Acosta on the Center for Global Development blog give us 3 learnings from deep diving on violence against girls in Africa in & out of school Scarce, incomplete & divergent measurement in this space -- the struggle is real! cgdev.org/blog/three-thi…

#Africa is the future! 500 million children in 2022 and growing! We must protect our future by educating our children and youth! World Bank Africa World Bank Education #COP27 Checkout the interactive dataviz: buff.ly/3i2VQsZ

Welcome Aldo Sambo -- very pleased to see #Angola join the Global Partnership for Education. The task ahead is daunting. But this political commitment, and the partnership platform that the GPE provides, will help accelerate our collective response to the education crisis. #EstamosJuntos

Hard to cash in on a demographic dividend without addressing the learning crisis

We started to ramp up our work on school violence, with papers from David Evans Peter A. Holland Amina Mendez Acosta and me. Much more to come on this next year, including from Gabriela Smarrelli and DongYi Wu . cgdev.org/blog/three-thi…

Angola joins the Global Partnership for Education | Global Partnership for Education globalpartnership.org/news/angola-jo…

"Every day above 26.7ºC in the three years preceding PISA.... lowers scores by 0.18 standard deviations."

Using a regression discontinuity approach, we find that a reform extending the school day increases math test scores , a > effect size relative to other interventions. It also improves reading, technical and socio-emotional skills.Young Lives Frau Prof. Dr. Catherine Porter Alan Sánchez Jorge M. Agüero

"Adolescent Girls’ Safety In and Out of School: Evidence on Physical & Sexual Violence from across Sub-Saharan Africa" (by Susannah Hares, Peter A. Holland, Amina Mendez Acosta & me) is now forthcoming at the Journal of Development Studies (JDS)! In the meantime, you can read the preprint cgdev.org/publication/ad….

The benefits of education for #refugee children are clear. Quality #education can lead to higher incomes, increased self-sufficiency & reduced aid dependency. 🆕Blog by Luis Benveniste, Karishma Silva World Bank Africa & Johannes Hoogeveen World Bank MENAAP: wrld.bg/yUfU50QinsX

"We stand with them and will help finance what is ultimately a global public good – educated refugee children that will be important drivers of growth and prosperity, whether in host countries or, eventually, back home."

[Webinar] Join the discussion on understanding MHPSS & Situational Analysis in Gaza, with panelists from the MHPSS space, teachers & others. Event will be held in Arabic & English with interpretation in both languages. 📅 5 March, 1pm UTC 💻 Register: rescue.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

For those working in EiE / education & fragility, conflict, violence ---- deadline for feedback is this Friday.

In addition to the horrors in Gaza, teacher salary payments in the West Bank have fallen by almost half since October. worldbank.org/en/news/press-…

Sexual violence & child marriage crisis in Cabo Delgado demands urgent action. Conflict exacerbates GBV risks for women & girls, worsened by lack of services & prevention efforts. #EndGBV #PSEA #CaboDelgado

Insights from our managing director as the #FragilityForum gets underway: i. act early ii. anticipate better iii. prepare for medium-term, and iv. provide countries predictable financing. Lots of good vignettes on our partnerships here too, especially with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

Impressive jump in learning in #Burundi. And the gains for girls in particular will ensure the trend perpetuates across generations.

‘We don’t need air con’: how Burkina Faso builds schools that stay cool in 40C heat theguardian.com/environment/20… #sdg4

"There is very little to be hopeful about in the world, but I am still hopeful. I think as human beings we have no right to despair."- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ▶️Watch #FragilityForum replay of our Changemakers session w/ author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: wrld.bg/QcOI50QKPQh