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October 16, 2023
Children and adolescents worldwide are exposed to unacceptably high levels of school-related violence. We know this thanks to an increasing number of surveys that ask about school-related violence. However, it can be hard to tell which countries have data on which time periods, which age groups, and...
Blog Post
October 16, 2023
Schools should provide a safe and nurturing environment where children are able to learn and thrive. But, in a terrifying perversion of the role school should play in a child’s life, children are often harmed and abused in and around schools by teachers, other school staff, and by fellow students. N...
Blog Post
October 13, 2023
In fundamental ways, this era differs from the final decades of the last century. Climate change has set many parts of the world on fire and sharply raised risks from underinvestment in mitigation, adaptation and resilience (both climate and health). War on a large scale has returned to Europe, re-e...
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October 12, 2023
The vast majority of out-of-school children around the world live in rural areas. For children who live in rural areas and who are enrolled in school, they are less likely to finish primary school or to transition to secondary school. They score worse on tests. Less educational attainment and lower ...
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October 10, 2023
Even when students are in school, they often miss opportunities to learn due to a lack of teacher time on task (i.e., the time teachers spend actively engaged in teaching). We have clear evidence that boosting the quality of pedagogy can boost student learning outcomes, but we also have evidence tha...
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October 09, 2023
Ahead of the highly-anticipated World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings in Marrakech, the Center for Global Development has unveiled a new tool to track reforms at the multilateral development banks. The Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) Reform Tracker is an innovative platform that explores how the six la...
Blog Post
October 05, 2023
Next week, finance ministers and other officials from around the world will descend on Marrakech for the World Bank and IMF annual meetings. Read on for a range of quick reactions from CGD's experts on what will happen next week, and what should happen—and how we get from one to the other.