Education in Developing Nations

Children play on a carousel at a kindergarten in Baokang, Hubei province February 29, 2008. China, worried about an aging population, is studying scrapping its controversial one-child policy but will not do away with family-planning policies altogether, a senior official said. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA) CHINA OUT - RTR1XPS5

New data on the breadth of skills movement in education

Helyn Kim, Esther Care, and Tyler Ditmore

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Primary school children, including those with refugee backgrounds, read real-life stories about refugees during a classroom lesson about the refugee crisis at Norbury School in Harrow, London, Britain July 15, 2016. Picture taken July 15, 2016. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Lin Taylor - RTSIU5X

Reflecting on Millions Learning: Lessons from Teach First’s scaling story

Monday, January 23, 2017

A girl writes on a chalk board during the opening of the elementary school year in the old center of Managua February 4, 2008. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas (NICARAGUA) - RTR1WP1F

5 highlights from impact bond activity in developing countries in 2016 (and a look to 2017)

Emily Gustafsson-Wright

Friday, January 13, 2017

A labourer moves sacks of onions to a truck bound for Afghanistan at a transit depot in Peshawar, Pakistan September 15, 2015. Pakistan and Afghanistan have shelved a raft of agreements that promised to more than triple cross-border trade, officials said, as economic ties seen as key to regional stability fall victim to rivalry and suspicion. Picture taken September 15, 2015. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz - RTS1H6H

Course correcting learning in the provision of skills

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

People work on computers at the online store Jumia in Ikeja district, in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos June 10, 2016.REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RTX2IUNQ

Foresight Africa viewpoint: Skills for a changing world

Rebecca Winthrop and Eileen McGivney

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Valentin Mubake, an adviser to Democratic Republic of Congo's main opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, signs the accord between the opposition and the government of President Joseph Kabila at the Conference episcopale nationale du Congo (CENCO) headquarters in Gombe Municipality, in the Congolese capital Kinshasa, December 31, 2016. Picture taken December 31, 2016. REUTERS/Robert Carrubba - RTX2X47G

Africa in the news: Nigeria starts CCT program, DRC deal reached, and South Africa’s education numbers improve

Christina Golubski

Friday, January 6, 2017

Iranian and Afghan girls play volleyball with workers of the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR at the Emam Hasan Mojtaba school in Kerman, Iran, October 23, 2016. Picture taken on October 23, 2016. REUTERS/Gabriela Baczynska - RTX2QKGT

Developing life skills for girls: 5 takeaways from the 2016 Girls’ Education Research Symposium

Amanda Braga and Christina Kwauk

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Subsistence farmer Joice Chimedza harvests maize on her small plot in Norton, a farming area outside Zimbabwe's capital Harare, May 10, 2016. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo. - RTX2DNC6

WATCH: A framework for building resilience to climate change through girls’ education programming

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Grace Debroha, a 13-year-old orphan, writes the names of body parts on a chalkboard at St. Jude's Orphanage, outside Gulu, June 10, 2007. REUTERS/Edward Ou (UGANDA) - RTR1QO56

WATCH: Policies for Senior Women Teachers to improve girls’ secondary education

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Children walk to school in Kharay, Dolkha District, some 190 km (118 miles) northeast of Kathmandu September 15, 2013. Devi Budhathoki and three of her children, Manjura, Mandira, and Niraj all suffer from Congenital Hypertrichosis Lanuginosa, a very rare disease that causes excessive body hair growth, and which is sometimes referred to as "werewolf syndrome". They are undergoing laser hair removal in order to lessen their symptoms. Picture taken September 15, 2013. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY EDUCATION)

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WATCH: Empowering adolescent girls in rural Nepal

Wednesday, December 21, 2016