As we commemorate the International Day of Education this month, the 2023 theme “to invest in people, prioritize education” – it is all the more crucial for the countries of the Middle East and…

Ferid Belhaj |

In 2021, the World Food Programme’s Impact Evaluation Unit teamed up with WFP’s School-Based Programme division and the World Bank’s Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) department to launch the…

Roshni Khincha, Florence Kondylis, Simone Lombardini, Astrid Zwager, Jonas Heirman |

The challenges of repetition and dropout in primary school: quality early childhood education (ECE) in Senegal

Ibrahima Samba, Abdallah Sow, François Faye, Mamadou Soumbounou, Sidy Bâ, Ablaye DIA |

What types of jobs does institutional childcare enable women to find? Are these jobs in the formal or informal sector? Paid or unpaid? If paid, are they sufficiently well remunerated to increase…

Daniel Halim, Hillary C. Johnson, Elizaveta Perova |

Successful cable car projects in Latin America are a vital reference for proper management and implementation of this infrastructure in the region and the world

Lorena Sierra Valdivieso, Irene Portabales González, Leonardo Canon Rubiano |

Guatemala’s new School Feeding Law promises to help promoting food security of all children in school. It also presents an opportunity to better connect markets, address information gaps, empower…

Camila De Ferrari Piazza, Viviana Perego, Katie Kennedy Freeman |

I witnessed how in a melding of the old and new, the World Bank is working with the Indonesian government to deliver better basic services through the convergence of three elements: the tradition…

Benoît Bosquet |

A class of 4 year olds and their teacher say namaste in rural Nepal.
Photo © Aisha Faquir/World Bank

Amanda Devercelli, Jaime Saavedra |

A conversation with Dr. Ibrahima Giroux, Senegal’s Early Years Fellow   The demand for expertise in the area of early childhood development is increasing in Africa. But this demand is not being…

Noreyana Fernando |

The wide range of opportunities for early childhood education means children can often have very different education experiences on their way to primary school.  International evidence shows that…

Amer Hasan, Nozomi Nakajima |