This study provides a comprehensive review of digital skills frameworks, competences, and assessment tools, emphasizing the critical role of digital proficiency in personal, professional, and educational...
The rapid expansion of the digital economy in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) presents opportunities and challenges in addressing the gender digital skills divide. This report analyzes comprehensive, genderresponsive...
Digital technologies are increasingly important for delivering inclusive, resilient, and high-quality education, yet financing their effective deployment remains a key constraint in many low- and middleincome...
This background paper examines the critical issue of how to enhance digital skills among youth who are not in employment, education, or training (NEET) in Africa to prevent approximately 72 million young...
his paper examines the current state of the gender digital skills divide in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), drawing on a broad set of data sources to assess disparities between men and women across key dimensions...
The increasing need for digital skills is driving countries worldwide to invest heavily in digital skills education, but the most effective practices for developing these skills remain unclear. This paper...
This study explores the link between digital skills, innovation, and economic transformation in the context of Africa, focusing on the role and potential contribution of higher education institutions in...
This study compares two tools used to observe and assess how teachers support student learning: the LEGO Foundation’s Engage tool, formerly PLAY, and the World Bank’s Teach Primary tool. The goal was to...
Early childhood is a crucial period for skills development and socio-emotional growth. Forcibly displaced children experience significant trauma, necessitating effective interventions. This paper examines...
Western Balkan countries are consistent participants in international learning assessments like the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Progress in International Reading Literacy (PIRLS)...
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) is disrupting the landscape of higher education (HE), presenting both opportunities and challenges. This paper discusses the results of focus group...
Malgré les progrès réalisés dans l'élargissement de l'accès à l'enseignement primaire, en raison de la mise en oeuvre de la politique de gratuité de l'enseignement primaire et de l'enseignement secondaire...
Firms generally seek to acquire a competent and stable workforce, as well as to maintain and upgrade the aggregate knowledge and skills of their workers at the lowest possible cost. In doing so, they routinely...
The purpose of this paper is to examine the accountability agenda in the tertiary education. Author proposes three principles of good accountability. First, accountability should not focus on the way institutions...
The purpose of this paper is to examine one piece of the tertiary admission puzzle: undergraduate university admission policies and procedures worldwide. It sets forth a basic classification system for...
The objectives of this paper are to outline the directions for policy reform in tertiary education and research in the countries of the Balkans and to identify ways in which the World Bank can help these...
The objectives of this paper are to outline the directions for policy reform in tertiary education and research in the countries of the Balkans and to identify ways in which the World Bank can help these...
The objectives of this paper are to outline the directions for policy reform in tertiary education and research in the countries of the Balkans and to identify ways in which the World Bank can help these...
The objectives of this paper are to outline the directions for policy reform in tertiary education and research in the countries of the Balkans and to identify ways in which the World Bank can help these...
This discussion paper provides a brief overview of the regulation of the private education sector. It also identifies a number of potential regulatory barriers to growth and set out some suggested steps...