Impacts of school closures on children in developing countries: Can we learn something from the past

Basic rights to assembly and expression have come under threat and accountability mechanisms are being undermined. A major standoff over threats to academic freedom and the closure of the university is ongoing. Peter Von Doepp discusses the unfolding situation in Malawi.

This paper examines the adverse effect of natural resources scarcity on children's schooling and the possible gender bias of resource collection work ...

Most anti-corruption initiatives fail. This Brief sets out to understand why that is, and what might be done about it. Anti-corruption initiatives ...

This paper first identifies trends and patterns in the growth of the secondary and higher secondary schools in Bangladesh, while differentiating between ...

Dr. Luka Biong Deng gives a talk on the challenges facing the new state of South Sudan, in a presentation of his current work on the so-called "oil-curse" ...

Tanzania abolished school fees in primary schools as from 2002. This move was made possible because of shifts in the policy of major donors, not least ...

Background The United Republic of Tanzania, like many other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, faces a human resources crisis in its health sector, with ...

In the geopolitical conflict over the South China Sea (SCS), fishers are at the center of Chinese and Vietnamese cartographic imaginations that define ...

The Article looks at transparency in job placement data published by U.S. universities, with a particular focus on law schools and for-profit schools. ...

The Primary Education Development Plan (PEDP) was introduced in July 2001. The plan includes the abolition of school fees, increased teacher recruitment, ...

The Afghan Ministry of Education estimates that there are presently 8.35 million students (39% of which are girls) in primary, lower secondary, and upper ...

In Senegal, school-based sexuality education has evolved over 20 years from family life education (FLE) pilot projects into crosscurricular subjects located ...

Background: Adolescent pregnancies pose a risk to the young mothers and their babies. In Zambia, 35% of young girls in rural areas have given birth by ...

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The historical narratives about Japan in the Chinese school textbooks, especially those of today, contributed to the construction of a common understanding ...

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Acceptability of youth clubs focusing on comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education in r

Schools and universities in various countries are teaching youth about integrity norms and values. Despite limited evidence on effectiveness, some good ...

This paper estimates the effect of education on the success of entrepreneurial activity, using survey data from Malawi. An instrument variable approach ...