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Gender and Marginalization
This past spring, UNESCO published its 2010 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, which offered an in-depth look at the pressing need for countries and donors to focus on Reaching the...
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Education is the best investment
Blogging from the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit in New York City.New research by Chris Murray at the University of Washington gives us powerful evidence of the importance of...
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Jumpstarting Jobs: Skills Start with Education
As the World Bank's Annual Meetings met to discuss global development this October, the issue of jobs was front and center. The new Open Forum 2010 allowed leading thinkers and engaged citizens from...
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Educating 1+ Billion Girls Will Make the Difference for Women’s Equality
The following piece is cross-posted at USAID's IMPACTblog, where World Bank Education Director Elizabeth King is a special guest blogger for International Women's Day.This week we celebrate...
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Although the gender gap in education has been decreasing over the past decade, many girls continue to lag behind their male counterparts in equal access to schooling and acquisition of basic skills...
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Getting to Equal in Education
International Women’s Day is a good day to remind ourselves that gender equality is indeed smart economics. As the global economy continues to struggle to regain its footing after a severe economic...
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Girls' education: Where do we stand?
This April marks the first anniversary of the World Bank’s Education Sector Strategy 2020, Learning for All: Investing in People’s Knowledge and Skills to Promote Development. Why Learning for All?read...
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Education—An Integral Piece of the Gender Puzzle
I was delighted to join the recent colloquium, Getting to Equal in Education: Addressing Gender and Multiple Sources of Disadvantage to Achieve Learning. It was a great initiative, with a whole range...
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International Day of the Girl: 10 Things to Know & Useful Resources on Girls'...
Today, October 11, 2012, the World Bank is proud to join others around the world in celebrating the first International Day of the Girl Child. The World Bank, working with governments and other...
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