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Quality Education and Economic Development

19 September 2016
Educational quality, measured by cognitive skills, has a strong impact on individual earnings. More than that, however, educational quality has a strong and robust influence on economic growth. In both areas, there is credible evidence that these are truly causal relationships.

Boosting Student Learning: Programme for International Student Assessment for Development

19 September 2016
Issued by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) aims to evaluate education systems worldwide by testing the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students in mathematics, reading, and science. PISA for Development, among…

Scale With Quality: The Citizens' Foundation Approach to Providing Education

19 September 2016
The Citizens Foundation (TCF) addresses the massive educational challenge in Pakistan by empowering children to become agents of positive change. TCF provides student-centric academic interventions and offers leadership, teacher, and pre-service training programs.

Skills for Employment Investment Program in Bangladesh

19 September 2016
The Government of Bangladesh’s Skills for Employment Investment Program (SEIP) is the largest skills development program in Asia and the Pacific. Under a private-public partnership model, SEIP will support training of 1.5 million youths in Bangladesh of which about 70% will be provided with…

The Citizens Foundation, Pakistan

19 September 2016
By providing quality education and creating opportunities for a better future, the Citizens Foundation (TCF) aims to remove the barriers of class and privilege to turn the citizens of Pakistan into agents of positive change. TCF’s female-centric approach towards social development is perhaps the…

Love2Work

19 September 2016
The fast-changing nature of the world increasingly intensifies the critical value of socio-emotional skills. Love2Work, a consultancy practice, shows why new competencies of emotional intelligence, problem solving, and critical thinking are crucial for developing the world at work.

Skills Development Funds: Country Experiences and Implications for South Asia

16 September 2016
Technical and vocational education and training (TVET), in general, equips workforce with lifelong and technical skills that are required from employers. One of the ways to finance TVET is by setting up a dedicated fund for skills development, known as skills development fund.

Keeping Up with the Energy Transition: Addressing the Skills Gap

2 September 2016
Converging energy access and sufficiency, women empowerment, and environmental sustainability are all crucial in meeting the sustainable development goals (SDGs). This presentation discusses the support provided by Asian Development Bank’s Education Sector in working towards achieving the SDGs. A…

Tools of Participation

28 July 2016
Asian Developmet Bank's Strategy 2020 recognizes the role of partners, including non-government organizations (NGOs) in planning, financing, and implementing its operations. This presentations gives a snapshot of the tools of participation that are applicable to civil society organizations and NGOs…

Engaging with Advocacy Civil Society Organizations

28 July 2016
Issues raised by advocacy non-government organizations (NGOs) are often related to weak consultation and participation. From 2009 to 2012, for instance, there were 213 reported concerns on 76 Asian Development Bank projects. About half of these concerns were about lack of consultation and…