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May 11, 2022
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set ambitious targets for high-quality, universal education by 2030. But existing efforts to “cost the SDGs” return unattainable price tags. In this chapter, we first review approaches to costing the SDGs in the education sector.
Nov
6
2014
12:00—1:30 PM
October 29, 2014
Education programs in rural areas of developing countries are often implemented through local agents, such as community teachers. With this knowledge, Jenny Aker and co-author Christopher Ksoll tested mobile phone monitoring systems to see if they could improve learning outcomes as part of an adult ...
Feb
23
2005
12:00—1:30 PM
July 22, 2005
James Habyarimana, Research Fellow, Center for Global Development and Assistant Professor, Georgetown University presented Sense and Absence: Evidence on Teacher Shocks, Absenteeism and Educational Achievement from Zambia. Renos Vakis, Economist, Social Risk Management Unit, (Human Development Netwo...