Education

The World Bank Group is the largest financier of education in the developing world, working in 90 countries and committed to helping them reach SDG4: access to inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all by 2030.

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Investing in Colombia's Future: How Innovative Financing Unlocked Higher Education

The cornerstone of the Program: a robust loan structure that aligned World Bank loan terms to students' capacities to repay their loans to ICETEX
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Education Finance Watch: Africa Edition

This special edition of the EFW extracts its findings on Africa.
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Starting the Story for More Children on International Day of Education

#StartTheStory celebrates the power of stories and reading on International Education Day, January 24, 2024.

Education At-A-Glance

Education is a human right, a powerful driver of development, and one of the strongest instruments for reducing poverty and improving health, gender equality, peace, and stability. It delivers large, consistent returns in terms of income, and is the most important factor to ensure equity and inclusion. For individuals, education promotes employment, earnings, health, and poverty reduction. Globally, there is a 9% increase in hourly earnings for every extra year of schooling.

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Higher Education Quality and Innovation Project

To improve the quality of research and strengthen the quality and labor market alignment of higher education programs.

Early Childhood Development

Investing in the early years is one of the smartest things a country can do.
Higher Education

Higher Education is instrumental in fostering growth, reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity.
Skills Development

Skills development can reduce unemployment, raise incomes, and improve standards of living.
Girls’ Education

Every day, girls face barriers to education caused by poverty, cultural norms, poor infrastructure, violence and fragility.
Digital Technologies

The use of information and communication technologies in education can play a crucial role in providing new and innovative ...
Teachers

Teachers are the single most important school-based factor affecting how much students learn.

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Global Education Newsletter - March 2024

What's happening in the World Bank Education Global Practice? Read to learn more.
Human Capital Project

The Human Capital Project is a global effort to accelerate more and better investments in people for greater equity and economic growth.
Impact Evaluations

Research that measures the impact of education policies to improve education in low and middle income countries.
Education Videos

Watch our latest videos featuring our projects across the world