World Bank
United States (HQ Washington, D.C.)
Multilateral development institution that finances and analyses education; co-creator (with the UNESCO Institute for Statistics) of the Learning Poverty indicator and a major source of global education statistics and financing.
About
The World Bank is an international financial institution headquartered in Washington, D.C., that finances development projects and provides technical assistance to low- and middle-income countries. It is owned by its member governments and operates through arms including the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association. In the education field, the World Bank is a major source of financing and policy research, supporting programs on access to schooling, learning outcomes, and education-system reform. It produces widely cited data and reports on learning, including measures of foundational skills, and works with national governments and other agencies. Its analyses inform policy debate, and the design and results of its projects have been subject to external evaluation.
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