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Blog Post
November 30, 2022
In early 2021, our team undertook a worldwide search for compelling examples of where early-grade math outcomes had been improved at measurable scale. The selected programs constitute six of the most effective, large-scale numeracy-focused programs in LMICs, all of which have rigorous evidence of im...
Dec
15
2022
10:30—12:30 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)/ 3:30 - 5:30pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
November 28, 2022
Please join us in our London office for a conversation with Abhijeet Singh, Associate Professor, Stockholm School of Economics and CGD Non-Resident Fellow, moderated by CGD Senior Fellow Susannah Hares.
Sep
21
2022
11:00—12:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
September 14, 2022
This is an event hosted by J-PAL Africa and features Susannah Hares Senior Fellow and Global Education Co-Director at the Center for Global Development
Are you a policymaker working to improve gender equity in education? Join us for an overview of the evidence on how to get girls into school, and...
Blog Post
July 28, 2021
This week, world leaders convene in London with the aim to mobilize funds for the Global Partnership for Education to benefit at least 175 million children over the next five years. Reversing the learning losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will require substantial, well-targeted public spending....
Blog Post
May 04, 2021
It’s rare to read an education report these days that doesn’t mention the learning crisis. That’s not surprising. Literacy and numeracy skills among children are dismally low: less than half of all children in low- and middle-income countries can read by the time they are 10 years old. As these data...
WORKING PAPERS
May 04, 2021
Students around the world lack foundational literacy and numeracy skills at striking rates. This essay examines the potential channels by which FLN investments and skills—which most systems teach in the early grades of primary school—may impact later schooling and subsequent life outcomes and t...