Confronting the Learning Crisis: Lessons from World Bank Support for Basic Education, 2012–22 An Independent Evaluation

doi:10.1596/IEG192158

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Confronting the Learning Crisis: Lessons from World Bank Support for Basic Education, 2012–22 An Independent Evaluation

dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2024-10-31T18:33:09Z
dc.date.available	2024-10-31T18:33:09Z
dc.date.issued	2024-10-31
dc.description.abstract	Before the COVID-19 pandemic, learning poverty, defined as the share of children younger than 10 years of age who have not achieved minimum reading proficiency, as adjusted by the proportion of children who are out of school, stood at 91 percent in low-income countries compared to 9 percent in high-income countries. The school shutdowns implemented in response to the pandemic aggravated learning losses while extending and deepening a long-standing development challenge of low learning outcomes and persistent learning poverty in the basic education systems of low- and middle-income countries. Improving the quality of basic education and learning outcomes for all is a much more difficult and expensive pursuit than improving access to education for all. The issues involved in improving the quality of basic education are multilayered, including social, structural, logistical, and institutional matters that require a sophisticated analysis, understanding, and approach. This evaluation assesses the World Bank’s contribution to improving learning outcomes in basic education—defined as primary and lower secondary education— over the 2012–22 decade. It pays particular attention to the extent to which the World Bank has adopted a systems approach to its support for basic education as advocated in Learning for All: Investing in People’s Knowledge and Skills to Promote Development—World Bank Group Education Strategy 2020 and as reinforced since the publication of the 2018 World Development Report. Drawing on portfolio and document analyses, interviews, country case studies, literature, and secondary data analysis, the evaluation identifies lessons and presents recommendations to inform any future education sector strategy.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099909210102462478/SECBOS1f895dc60431867314945971630d0
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/IEG192158
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/42346
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subject	LEARNING THEORY AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	HEALTH, NUTRITION AND POPULATION
dc.subject	GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
dc.subject	SDG 3
dc.subject	QUALITY EDUCATION
dc.subject	SDG 4
dc.subject	PARTNERSHIP FOR THE GOALS
dc.subject	SDG 17
dc.title	Confronting the Learning Crisis	en
dc.title.subtitle	Lessons from World Bank Support for Basic Education, 2012–22 An Independent Evaluation	en
dc.type	Report
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okr.crossref.title	Confronting the Learning Crisis: Lessons from World Bank Support for Basic Education, 2012–22 An Independent Evaluation
okr.date.disclosure	2024-10-31
okr.date.lastmodified	2024-10-10T00:00:00Z	en
okr.doctype	IEG Evaluation
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
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okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/IEG192158
okr.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1596/IEG192158
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okr.region.geographical	World
okr.topic	Education::Education For All
okr.topic	Education::Primary Education
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population::Communicable Diseases
okr.topic	Governance::International Governmental Organizations
okr.unit	IEG Human Dev & Corporate Prog (IEGHC)