Education is a basic condition for economic and social development. Working in conjunction with the National Primary … Education Commission, the World Bank supported consultations among teachers, parents, educational administrators, and community … leaders to develop a strong foundation for primary education in Nigeria. The innovative work documented in this publication …

Bangladesh spends only 2 percent of its GNP on education, compared to 3.2 percent in an average low-income country. Low … investment in education results in low literacy (only 35 percent), which in turn results in low productivity, low incomes, poor … education sector in recent years, with the help of the World Bank and other donor agencies. This paper assesses whether these …

educational attainment has been a prerequisite for the success of such a strategy. The current level of education development has … been low, and the development of primary education has stagnated and even declined in some countries since the early 1980s …

This note provides practical guidance to national governments about key priorities for the education sector following a … major disaster or crisis. It specifies a set of considerations and actions to help ensure that the education sector can: (1 …