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Upcoming event: The launch of the Global Peace Index - Home - Peace Portal
08 June 2013 | conflict assessment, democracy, education, global index, launch, peace, transparency, well-beingThe 7th edition of the Global Peace Index will be released internationally in June 2013. On Thursday 13 June 2013 from 16:00-17:00 it will be presented at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague...
Release l Where is the best country to be a child?
31 May 2013 | annual report, children, data collection, disability, education, global assessment, nutrition , public service delivery, right-to-healthThe data in this year's UN report on children throws up as many surprises as predictable patterns. In which country are children most likely to die before they reach the age of 5? Where are teenage...
Blogpost | Schooling Isn’t Learning
29 April 2013 | africa, blogpost, education, guinea bissau, literacy, world bankIn 2010, World Bank statistics report that Guinea-Bissau had a youth literacy rate of 72%. That means seven in ten people aged 15-24 were estimated to be able to read and write a simple paragraph...
Philippines: Check-My-School: Monitoring Made Easy with Dedicated Volunteers and ICT Tools
27 February 2013 | asia pacific, education, ict, monitoring, public serviceThe quality of education in the public sector often suffers due to poor services like lack of classrooms, textbooks and toilets. A project called Check My School uses mobile and Internet technology...
Case Study | Ghana | Community Monitoring and Participatory Budgeting in 10 Schools in Ghana
15 December 2012 | africa, capacity building, case study, community, education, ghana, monitoring, participatory budgetingTo tackle Ghana’s backlog in guaranteeing universal primary education, the Government, in 2005, decided to abolish the system of school fees previously in place to finance basic schools. Instead,...
Armenia l Promoting Transparency and Participation in Extra-Budgetary Fund Collection in Schools in Armenia
14 December 2012 | case study, corruption, education, framework, good governanceArmenia’s secondary schools regularly collect extra-budgetary funds outside and in addition to the budget allocated by the government. Assessments of corruption vulnerabilities at this local level of...
South Africa l Monitoring and evaluating your development project
06 December 2012 | donor, education, m&e, service deliveryProviding evidence for funders might seem unimportant when you're saving lives, but it is vital to improving development work. Monitoring and evaluation. It doesn't sound like a whole heap of fun,...
Blogpost l Service delivery realities in Gulf Province, PNG
06 December 2012 | arab states, blogpost, education, gulf states, health system, service deliveryService delivery in Gulf Province, PNG, requires a ‘never say die’ attitude. This is the motto for government and church service providers according to the Provincial Administrator. The PEPE Gulf...
Tanzania | Education RCT: Request for data collection proposals
05 December 2012 | africa, data, education, methodologies, tanzaniaOverall student-learning levels remain extremely low across East Africa, despite a decade plus of major reforms and significant new investments in public education. Two main approaches used by...
Zambia | Domestic accountability project empowers Zambian villagers
03 December 2012 | accountability, africa, education, public service, zambiaResidents in three rural districts in Zambia have commended Panos Institute Southern Africa (PSAf) for empowering them to monitor the use of public expenditure in the education sector through the...