With global education aid declining, now’s the time to make what remains truly catalytic—amplifying government budgets that already cover 61% of education spending in LMICs. I make the case in this new CGD blog. cgdev.org/blog/less-educ…
Biniam Bedasso
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Research Fellow @CGDEV, Formerly: @CABRI_SBO, @UniofOxford, @Princeton, @econrsa; glomad; Audi alteram partem
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New meta-analysis from me & @AcostaAminaM, covering the last 15 years of school meals evaluations:
💡Positive impact on test scores
💡Larger impact on school participation in poorer countries
💡Bigger effects on disadvantaged groups within countries
cgdev.org/blog/do-school…
💡Positive impact on test scores
💡Larger impact on school participation in poorer countries
💡Bigger effects on disadvantaged groups within countries
cgdev.org/blog/do-school…
"Africa should put a pause on meetings and declarations from next year and focus on implementing what we already know and have declared", Patrick Lumumba at a high level panel at a UNESCO-AU forum on transforming knowledge for Africa's future.
It is fascinating how Kenya is putting up resistance to SAP 2.0 both in the streets and in the courtroom.
The High Court has thrown out the Privatisation Act, 2023 on the grounds of being unconstitutional & therefore null & void.View quoted post on X
Again, the question of public participation is at the core of this nullification.
It's an extremely huge development especially with regard to Kenya's ongoing US$3.6 billion programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Here's why.
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This means NBE will effectively devalue the Birr by up to 72 percent for gold transactions. Are they testing how much exports will respond to eventual devaluation before the inevitable?
ሰኔ 12፣ 2016View quoted post on X
የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ባንክ በአንድ ጊዜ ከ 30.01 ኪሎ ግራም በላይ ወርቅ ለሚያቀርቡልኝ አቅራቢዎች በዓለም ገበያ ዋጋ ላይ 72 በመቶ ማበረታቻ ጭማሪ እያደረኩ እገዛለሁ ሲል ተናገረ።
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