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2024 has been a great year so far for getting lead (pb) on the international agenda, with the launch by USAID and UNICEF of the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future. But only a brief passing mention to 7 percent of global GDP in a set of UN documents on chemical regulation suggests that we still have ...

School meals are popular among governments and charitable organisations aiming to alleviate hunger in schools. Yet, there is often debate around whether alternative approaches, such as cash transfers or take-home rations, might achieve similar goals more effectively. Common questions include Wouldn’...

The World Bank estimates that 7 in 10 children in low- and middle-income countries can’t read by age 10. The International Survey of Education Policymakers provides new data on some old theories around why learning remains in crisis. In order to really tackle the learning crisis, policymakers need t...

Now is an opportune time for bilateral and multilateral donors to invest in early childhood development and childcare in fragile, conflict, and violence settings, as the International Development Association replenishment, IDA21, is underway. Unfortunately, the proposed IDA21 policy package reflects...

The Center for Global Development has been working to inform an innovative approach to addressing challenges in settings affected by fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV), which brings together the early childhood development (ECD), childcare, and gender equality sectors to center FCV investments ...

CGD's Eeshani Kandpal speaks with Twaweza founder Rakesh Rajani and the World Bank's Halsey Rogers about how Twaweza's learning assessments influenced the 2018 World Development Report on education. Together they shed light on how partnerships between international actors and local institutions can ...

How long people spend in school impacts attitudes to climate change. But how else can education play a role in tackling the climate crisis? What about what’s on the curriculum?