Education

The World Bank Group is the largest financier of education in the developing world, working in 94 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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Publication

Education Finance Watch 2024

Total education spending has increased steadily, however spending per child has either decreased or stagnated.
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Empowering Girls through Education

A lifeline in fragile contexts
Choosing our Future: Education for Climate Action

How can governments harness education for climate action and adapt schools for climate change?

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

Smart investments in the wellbeing and development of young children are critical to put them on the path to greater prosperity....
Foundational Learning

Foundational learning is basic literacy, numeracy, and transferable skills, that are the building blocks for a life of learning....
Tertiary Education

Tertiary 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.
Education Technologies (EdTech)

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.
Inclusive Education

Meeting the needs of people with disabilities and expanding equitable opportunities is at the core of building inclusive ...
Education Finance

Assisting countries to make better use of their investments in education is a key priority
Fragility, Conflict & Violence

Ensuring a safe environment for children to learn is an urgent imperative