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$25 Million Gift Launches Ambitious New Effort Tackling Poverty and Climate Change
The King Climate Action Initiative at J-PAL will develop large-scale climate-response programs for some of the world’s most vulnerable populations.
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- Coronavirus, Environment
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Nigerian Schools Are Being Forced to Rethink Their Digital Limits and Education Models in a Pandemic
Despite the increasing emergence of edtech startups offering digital learning models, the delivery of education in Nigeria has mainly been through in-person learning taking place in classrooms with very little embrace of digital options by schools.
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- Coronavirus, Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Results of Liberia’s Experiment to Outsource Education Are In
The Partnership Schools for Liberia (PSL), now called the Liberian Education Advancement Partnership (LEAP), handed the operation of 93 public schools to a group of eight private organizations, including a mix of both for-profit companies and non-profit charities, as well as local and international organizations.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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World Bank Approves $150 Million Fund to Improve Ghana’s Education System
The World Bank’s Board of Directors has recently approved a $150 million fund for the Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP). The fund is aimed at improving the quality of education for more than two million children in low performing basic education schools.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: World Teachers Day Must Focus on Better Support for Teachers in Developing Countries
Timed to highlight World Teachers Day, #TeachersTransformLives is sharing teachers stories of success and growth from the frontline.
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- Press Release
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- Education
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Report: Technology Can Transform Global Health and Education, but It’s No Silver Bullet
New report offers a blueprint for prudent investments in technology, through which governments can create effective and fair health and education services.
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- Technology
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A Kenyan-based Social Enterprise, Yusudi, Raises $250K in Grant Capital
The program seeks out learners with innovative ideas between the ages of 18 and 30 years old, offering the opportunity to join online training on career-start or entrepreneurship depending on their interests.
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- Education, Entrepreneurship
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Impact of Equal Education: Solutions to the Gender Disparity in Sub-Saharan African Schools
About 132 million girls are out of school around the world, and the problem is fundamentally tied to gender. With issues ranging from child marriage to misperceptions about menstruation, girls face unique obstacles to education in many countries. Mark Buttweiler explores how Bridge International Academies is tackling the gender disparity, via a multifaceted, research-based approach that supports equality both in the classroom and the surrounding community.
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- Education, Impact Assessment