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World Teachers Day 2016 Infographic

Closing the Teacher Gap: Almost 69 Million Teachers Needed

Many of us had one we will never forget – a teacher who inspired and encouraged us. We were fortunate. Millions of children today are not so lucky. On World Teachers’ Day (5 October), the UNESCO...
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05/10/2016
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Calling all Partners: How to Diagnose and Treat Data Gaps that Threaten the Achievement of the Global Education Goals

The gaps in education data have become a recurring theme in this blog. Indeed, most observers would agree that if data on education were a human body, it would be a sick patient at the moment. We see...
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28/09/2016
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Culture hobby

Putting Culture Front and Centre: Time for a New Approach

Culture is who we are. Whether we are from Alaska or Johannesburg, from the smallest rural hamlet or one of the world’s megacities, our culture has been the building block of our identity, our sense...
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27/09/2016
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Getting the Full Picture on Education Finance

Last week, the Education Commission released a major report, calling for a new compact between developing countries and the international community to transform education performance, innovation,...
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26/09/2016
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Global Leaders and Emerging Players in R&D

How Much Does your Country Invest in Research and Development (R&D)?

As the pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) gathers momentum, there has been a lot of noise about the ‘big ticket’ factors seen as fundamental for their achievement: immediate and...
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14/09/2016
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International Literacy day 2016

50 Years of International Literacy Day: Time to Develop New Literacy Data

Today marks the 50th anniversary of International Literacy Day. This year’s Day, under the banner of ‘Reading the Past, Writing the Future’, honours five decades of global progress on literacy rates...
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08/09/2016
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Sustainable Development Data Digest: Laying the Foundation to Measure Sustainable Development Goal 4

Charting a Course to Monitor the Education 2030 Agenda

Can the pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) really change the world for the better in just 15 years? One thing’s for sure: we’ll never know without good data. SDG 4 – Education 2030...
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10/08/2016
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Out-of-school children and youth infographic

Missing From School: The Education Challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa

With the Eurozone in turmoil and sluggish economic growth in the US and elsewhere, investors may well see sub-Saharan Africa – still one of the fastest growing regional economies on earth – as the...
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20/07/2016
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