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...
View ArticleAre Non-Cognitive Gains in Education More Important than Test-Scores?
Most educational interventions are widely considered successful if they increase test-scores -- which indicate cognitive ability. Presumably, this is because higher test-scores in school imply gains...
View ArticleHomework from the Seoul G-20: Measuring Skills
The Seoul G20 summit in November ended with some homework for the World Bank. We were asked to work with the ILO, OECD and UNESCO to develop internationally comparable indicators of skills that can...
View ArticleEducation is Fundamental to Development and Growth
Earlier this month, I was invited to be a keynote speaker on the theme of "Education for Economic Success" at the Education World Forum, which brought education ministers and leaders from over 75...
View ArticleEducation: the 2010 Year in Review
2010 was a banner year for education as global attention brought by the UN Millennium Development Goals summit in New York City spotlighted the catalytic role education plays in fighting poverty and...
View ArticleEducation for Employment: Realizing Arab Youth Potential
The headlines are sobering:• The Arab World has 25% youth unemployment – the highest in the world – and female youth unemployment is even higher reaching over 30%• The economic loss of youth...
View ArticleWhat Learning for All Means for Europe and Central Asia
Following the recent launch of the World Bank’s new Education Strategy for 2020 by President Robert Zoellick, we now turn to thinking about how the new strategy translates into action on the ground...
View ArticleA ‘Skilled’ Approach to Development
These days, there is a lot of talk about skills and their importance for a country’s development. Not too long ago the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called skills and knowledge “the driving...
View ArticleVoices from Former African Ministers of Education on the Challenges of...
With contributions from:-Haja N. Razafinjatovo, Former Minister of Finance and of Education,Madagascar-Mamadou Ndoye, Former Minister of Education, Senegal-Dzingai Mutumbuka, Former Minister of...
View ArticleTeaching 21st Century Skills to Ready Students for the World of Work
What are the jobs of the future? How can I steer my daughter to a career which offers the best potential for secure employment? If I am honest with her, no one really knows. A decade ago, who had...
View ArticleEducation post-2015
Next week, UNESCO will convene the world’s educational leaders in Incheon to set the agenda for educational development over the next 15 years. Those who think that’s mainly an agenda for the...
View ArticleRobots: ¿Qué pueden hacer los trabajadores para protegerse de la automatización?
"El desarrollo completo de la inteligencia artificial podría significar el fin de la especie humana". Cita de Stephen Hawking.foto por Dick Thomas Johnson/ CC BY Stephen Hawking advirtió que la...
View ArticleRobots: What can workers do to protect themselves from automation?
"The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race," Stephen Hawking.Photo by Dick Thomas Johnson/ CC BYStephen Hawking has warned that artificial intelligence could...
View ArticleFace aux robots, comment un travailleur peut-il se protéger ?
"Le développement de l’intelligence artificielle pourrait mettre fin à la race humaine " Stephen Hawking.Photo par Dick Thomas Johnson/ CC BY Stephen Hawking nous a mis en garde : l’intelligence...
View ArticleThe knowledge capital imperative
Without quality education, there is little hope for countries to obtain the requisite long run growth.Ed: This guest post is by Professor Eric A. Hanushek, a Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the...
View ArticleLa jeunesse vulnérable d’Afrique subsaharienne : donner un visage aux...
Environ 89 millions de jeunes âgés de 12-24 ans ne sont pas scolarisés en Afrique subsaharienne Qui sont les jeunes vulnérables ? C’est pour tenter d’apporter des réponses plus satisfaisantes à cette...
View ArticlePutting a human face to statistics on vulnerable youth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Around 89 million youth, ages 12-24 years, are out of school in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2013, we went to Liberia to find better answers to this question: who are the vulnerable youth? We wanted to put...
View ArticlePreparing for the robots: Which skills for 21st century jobs?
Technology and big data can help capture and better understand the evolution of occupations and technical skills needs in real time: Just let the robots work for us. Photo by Justin Morgan/ CC BY The...
View ArticleGirls need more than just an education- they need job opportunities too
If you want to provide more opportunities to girls, you shouldn’t only provide them with an education – you also need to change perceptions of gender roles so that, when they grow up, girls can (among...
View ArticleNew report makes it easy to explore data on skills development
Data is fundamental in determining how education can develop the skills that the labor market needs. Education and training play an important role in ensuring that youth develop the skills they need...
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