9 days ago // Education
A comprehensive global survey highlights two skills children need to learn how to read — yet most teachers lack the training and tools to teach them effectively.
16 days ago // Education
AI is reaching classrooms in low- and middle-income countries, but its impact remains limited because most models don’t understand local languages. Without major investment, it could widen global learning gaps.
about 1 month ago // Transparency and accountability
Civil society organizations say the International Finance Corporation needs to ramp up its transparency and accountability framework.
about 2 months ago // World Bank
Short-term consultants make up roughly 25% of the World Bank's workforce, and the bank said it has become overly reliant on that "contingent workforce."
2 months ago // World Bank
As the bank tries to streamline overlapping functions, board members sought to assure civil society groups that communities negatively affected by the institution's projects will have the same level of access to accountability functions.
2 months ago // Transparency and accountability
Advocates are calling for an independent review of the case of alleged sexual abuse of more than 20 students from IFC-funded Bridge International Academies in Kenya.
3 months ago // Education
Senegal’s experiment with bilingual education is showing how teaching children in the languages they speak at home can boost learning.
3 months ago // Education
The International Finance Facility for Education is finally up and running — and it’s “a smart aid approach,” according to its first CEO, Karthik Krishnan.
4 months ago // Global health
A mother’s first glimpse of her baby can be lifesaving — but millions of women in low-income countries never receive a single ultrasound scan. Now, a new AI-powered device could change that.
6 months ago // Spanish Aid
The spotlight is on Spain's development philosophy, which is quite different from that of its neighbors.