The government of Zambia has laid out an ambitious plan to universalize primary and secondary education. The Education for All (EFA) initiative is crucial for Zambia’s future. It aims to transform educational opportunities for all young Zambians. Starting in 2021, the EFA policy abolished all fees in general education, including pre-primary, primary, lower secondary, and upper […]

Economic transitions, such as the green and digital transitions, globalization, and population aging, can dramatically shift labor demand – creating new jobs, destroying others, and changing required skills, with potential large differences in impact for the winners and losers in the workforce. This blog identifies five skills development strategies to improve job prospects for workers […]

Integrating ethnic minorities in the classroom enriches the educational environment, but some studies find that it lowers student test scores. This column explores what may drive such effects, using data from Taiwanese schools, where Indigenous students are randomly assigned to different classrooms. Students placed in classrooms with minority peers showed less effort, their parents invested […]