Visited a community-based kindergarten near Bishkek, supported by World Bank Europe and Central Asia . Incredible to see 3x demand & hear from mothers about the life-changing impact on school readiness and their lives. Excited about scaling this success to 500 more! IDA - World Bank World Bank Education

Join us in #Tashkent this week to advance higher education, and university partnerships in Central Asia at the Times Higher Education University Forum. 🇺🇿 👇 timeshighered-events.com/central-asia-u…

How can developing economies across Europe and Central Asia jumpstart growth? Revamping education, especially higher ed, can unlock the region's potential. Read the World Bank's new #ECAUpdate report to learn more.

The Returns to Education over time and the Effect of COVID-19 tinyurl.com/2m7msprm

How can improving education help countries across Europe and Central Asia reach high income status? Read this blog by the World Bank's Ivailo Izvorski, Michael Lokshin, and Iván Torre discussing the findings of our new #ECAUpdate: wrld.bg/6rih50TNXvw

Improving National Education Systems After COVID-19 hpatrinos.com/2024/10/19/imp… via Harry A. Patrinos

🌐🇺🇿 In #Tashkent, Rita K. Almeida held fruitful talks with our GOV.UZ partners on improving access, infrastructure, and digitalization across all education levels. The World Bank will keep supporting #Uzbekistan’s educational reforms. 🔎tinyurl.com/5bmd799t World Bank Education

Poland: Education During and After COVID-19 Pandemic and Educational Reforms Open access chapter in our Nuno Crato new book by Maciej Jakubowski + Tomasz Gajderowicz link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…

Our collective book is available for download here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9… But it’s always nice to see it in print!

It was the third year of the war, and the UN Secretary-General was shaking hands with a murderer

RIGGED ELECTIONS IN GEORGIA 🇬🇪 I've spent the last 48 hours proving fraud in the Georgian elections. Let me show you the evidence in 2 charts. Chart 1: Russian tail...

Announcing the publication of the OA volume Improving National Education Systems After COVID-19; Moving Forward After PIRLS 2021 and PISA 2022, edited by Nuno Crato and Harry Anthony Patrinos lnkd.in/euwNsKyg #OpenAccess #EducationDuringCOVID19 #PIRLS2021 #PISA2022

Today's Lancet climate and health report presents 56 indicators of health and climate change across FIVE domains. (Download the report for free from the Lancet website). Here is a thread of some of the key findings. #Lancetclimate24 (1)

The return on investment of pre-kindergarten programming: Evidence from Connecticut by Jeff Murray for Fordham Institute Michael Petrilli fordhaminstitute.org/national/comme…

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🫵🏼Hey you! 👀Stop scrolling & check our Education Finance Watch! This report by Global Education Monitoring Report UNESCO, World Bank & UNESCO Institute for Statistics analyzes global education financing trends and critical insights shaping the future of education funding. ℹ️ wrld.bg/zOxe50TXFm7 #FundEducation #EFW2024

Last week, during #WBGMeetings, I had the chance to meet with 25 students from top local universities who specialize in #CentralAsia studies. We discussed the region's social & economic challenges, its potential, & World Bank’s initiatives to foster sustainable development here.

Korea’s AI revolution has the potential to inspire a global transformation, paving the way for more effective, equitable, and engaging learning experiences for students worldwide. blogs.worldbank.org/en/education/t… #Education via World Bank Education

🌐🇹🇯 In #Tajikistan, climate change-related damages to infrastructure, livestock productivity, & agriculture could reduce GDP by 5-6% by 2050. What can the country do to protect its economy & people from climate and environmental risks? wrld.bg/SIOx50U2fpe #TajikistanCCDR

“Reading is the learned capacity that is most indispensable to students’ overall success, and all of the Sustainable Development Goals depend on having a literate population.”blogs.worldbank.org/en/education/T… #Education via World Bank Education by Michael Crawford and Kathy Rastle