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Getting Textbooks to Every Child in Sub-Saharan Africa
Textbooks play a key role in enhancing the quality of learning, especially in the context of low-income Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries characterized by large class-size, poorly motivated and inadequately trained teachers, and short effective school years. There are also high rates of illiteracy among parents and few reading materials at home for the student to bank on. Despite extensive investments by governments, the World Bank and other development partners, the majority of students in primary and secondary schools in SSA still lack the benefit of access to textbooks and the key reason for this shortage is affordability: textbooks are generally much more costly in SSA than in other de...
Science, Technology and Innovation in Uganda
Science, Technology and Innovation in Uganda is part of the World Bank Studies series. These papers are published to communicate the results of the Bank s ongoing research and to stimulate public discussion. This study presents a unique methodology to view science, technology and innovation (STI) in developing countries. The study provides a set of cases studies drawn from a diverse range of experiences across the Ugandan private sector and offers concrete policy recommendations on how to support broader development of STI in Uganda. The study finds that of all the STI challenges facing firms, universities, and public research organizations in Uganda, the barriers to collaboration and communication are the most urgent in terms of STI priorities to address in the coming years.
India, the Challenges of Development
This Country Assistance Evaluation (CAE) reviews the development effectiveness of World Bank assistance to India during the 1990s. It builds on evaluations of sector assistance programs, projects, and nonlending services to make these assessments. This report uses the standard evaluation categories of outcome, sustainability, and institutional development.
Human Rights and Standard of Living in Sub-Saharan Africa
This book offers a comprehensive and nuanced examination of the right to an adequate standard of living in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), shedding light on the multifaceted challenges, opportunities, and imperatives for action. The right to an adequate standard of living is a fundamental human right, essential for the dignity and well-being of all individuals. Yet, in SSA, the realisation of this right remains a complex and elusive goal, with millions of people facing poverty, inequality, and limited access to basic services. Through a series of in-depth chapters, the book explores the various dimensions of the right to an adequate standard of living, from the pervasive impacts of poverty and ine...
Education Reform and the Learning Crisis in Developing Countries
Explores the connection between donor supported education reform in developing countries and the failure to improve student learning.
Improving Learning In Uganda, Volume 2
This book attempts to answer (a) what are the learning areas of the curriculum that are most difficult for students and teachers? (b) How much do teachers know about the curriculum they teach? (c) Why do some students perform better than others? And why do some teachers know more about what they teach than others?
Diplomatic List
Directory of foreign diplomatic officers in Washington.
Improving Learning In Uganda, Volume 1
This title projects school feeding as an integral part of the quality education enhancement drive for Uganda. Ongoing community-led school feeding initiatives are analyzed and the cost implications of a national school feeding program examined. Issues that Government needs to address drawing from international
Basic Education beyond the Millennium Development Goals in Ghana
Expansion of basic education in Ghana was unprecedented and brought the country to the forefront in education in Africa. The report provides analysis, lessons and policy options to developing a post-MDG strategic agenda for basic education.
