A coastal country in West Africa, Guinea-Bissau has a population of approximately 1.8 million, with annual population growth of around 2.4 percent (2015). Its population is very young: 41 percent of residents...
Cabo Verde is a lower-middle-income country consisting of 10 islands located off the coast of West Africa. Approximately 88 percent of its population (0.5 million) lives on four of the 10 islands. The...
Education and training systems have a vast potential to transform lives and contribute to economic growth. This potential can only be realized under a high-quality education and training services that...
There is widespread agreement that education delivers skills that underpin students' future learning and lead to greater social and financial mobility, increasing one's income, and ultimately affecting...
SABER Service Delivery (SABER SD) is a new initiative built upon SABER policy and implementation tools and the World Bank’s Service Delivery Indicators (SDI), which was originally developed to assess the...
The World Bank Group’s systems approach for better education results (SABER) initiative produces data on education system policies and institutions, analyzes, and evaluates their quality, and provides...
Systems approach for better education results - tertiary education (SABER-TE) evaluates TE services’ policy environment, regulation, financing systems, and quality assurance mechanisms. SABER-TE’s analysis...
The systems approach for better education results (SABER) - school feeding (SF) exercise enabled fruitful exchanges among workshop participants, 60 actors from the public sector, private sector, non-governmental...
As Tunisia emerges from the Arab Spring, its new constitution explicitly recognizes the rights of the child and the responsibility of both the State and parents to act in the child’s best interest to guarantee...
The World Bank Group’s Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) initiative produces data on education system policies and institutions, analyzes and evaluates their quality, and provides decision...
The World Bank Group’s Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) initiative produces data on education system policies and institutions, analyzes and evaluates their quality, and provides decision...
The World Bank Group’s Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) initiative produces data on education system policies and institutions, analyzes and evaluates their quality, and provides decision...
Education systems are large, complex organizations that encompass not only various sets of actors and inputs, but also the relationships that allow those actors and units to work together. When standards...
A country’s long-term development potential depends on how well it nurtures the healthy growth and development of its youngest children. The crosscutting issue affects sectors such as education, health...
At a time of deepening economic difficulties in Bulgaria including a doubling of unemployment the government has recognized the need to re-think its approach to economic and social development by making...
Equipping national workforces with job-relevant skills is a continuing challenge, and mismatches are a present concern. Many school graduates cannot find jobs commensurate with their education and training...
Nigeria's use of SABER tools and methods exemplifies how SABER can help change policy and develop new program initiatives based on global best practice. The governments of Bauchi, Ekiti, and Anambra states...
Teachers are the key drivers of education quality in any system, and teacher compensation is the largest item in education budgets, so getting teacher policies right is crucial. The SABER-Teachers work...
National governments and international agencies recognize the key role of student assessment in building an effective education system. The assessments provide information on whether all students in an...