Education in Developing Nations

Iraqi schoolchildren take their final examinations in Hay al-Masafi primary school in Baiji, 180km (112 miles) north of Baghdad June 4, 2007. Thousands of students across Iraq take their examinations before summer vacation in preparation for their next level of education next school year. REUTERS/Nuhad Hussin (IRAQ) - RTR1QFBZ

Information for accountability: Transparency and citizen engagement for improved service delivery in education systems

Lindsay Read and Tamar Manuelyan Atinc

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

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

Colourful handprints decorate window of childcare facility

Ensuring effective outcome-based financing in early childhood development

Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Sophie Gardiner, and Katie Smith

December 2016

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

Botswana's President Ian Khama returns to his seat after giving a speech during the Botswana-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) in Pretoria, South Africa, November 11, 2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RTX2T66K

Pathways toward Peace: Negotiating National Unity and Ethnic Diversity through Education in Botswana

Sarah Dryden-Peterson and Bethany Mulimbi

Comparative Education Review Thursday, December 22, 2016

Syrian refugee girls study Koran in a mosque in Nizip refugee camp, near the Turkish-Syrian border in Gaziantep province, Turkey, November 30, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RTSU1Q2

Refugee education: The crossroads of globalization

Sarah Dryden-Peterson

Educational Researcher Thursday, December 22, 2016