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Check out CGD experts' research on policymakers and contraceptive education, as referenced in Ghana Web.

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...

Last month The Gambia’s National Assembly advanced a bill that, if ratified, would make it the first country to overturn a ban on female genital mutilation. These moves—supported by the predominantly male legislature—reflect the precarious nature of gains made in gender equality and have implication...

Everyone agrees that Ghana's school feeding programme is an important and useful social programme…but insufficient and poor quality food is compromising its impacts; government financing remains a challenge; and it lacks lacks broader support and accountability mechanisms. The programme has huge pot...