Explore in detail the Kitakyushu Regional Energy Base Promotion Project. Learn how the project utilizes the potentials of Kitakyushu City for renewable energy or high-efficient thermal power generation, and energy management know-how earned through smart community demonstration.

While there is considerable quantitative research on the issue of secondary school dropout in rural People’s Republic of China, no systematic effort has been made to assess the deeper reasons behind student decision-making through a mixed-methods approach. This presentation explores the prevalence, correlates, and potential reasons for the dropout process.

There has been very little research on the impact of education on social values in the developing world. Learn the results of a study conducted in the People’s Republic of China that aimed to analyze the relationship between opportunities to attend upper-secondary schooling and social values.

Poor junior high students in the People’s Republic of China drop out of junior high or fail to matriculate into high school due to financial constraints. Introducing the early commitment for financial aid strategy may reduce dropout and increase high school matriculation among poor junior high students.

The predominant approach in teaching mathematics in Sri Lanka involves traditional methods. This presentation shares results of a quasi-experiment carried out to test the effect of e-learning systems on educational progress, and improvement in mathematics achievement and cognitive ability of eighth-grade students in the country.

This presentation reports the findings of a mixed-methods systematic review of mobile technology’s impact on education in low- and middle-income countries. It further presents an innovative approach to adapt systematic review in the context of international development—the concept of mixed methods research synthesis.

This presentation shares findings of a study on performance incentives for school administrators and how their responses to incentives vary with the amount of resources under their control. The study focuses specifically on the implementation of new, school-based programs to reduce childhood anemia in rural People’s Republic of China.

To help prevent the occurrence of a middle-income trap, the development of vocational training in Viet Nam is considered a priority. As the market mechanism, however, cannot solve the equity issue in vocational training, the role of the government in setting policies to support the disadvantaged becomes indispensable.

Explore the potential of skills development. The presentation shares the characteristics of technical and vocational education and training programs in South Asia. It also discusses the Road Map for Skills Development in the region.

This presentation highlights the emerging opportunity divide among young people around the world. It introduces YouthSpark, an array of global programs developed by Microsoft Corporation that aims to empower, inspire, and help young people.