The Pooled-Fund for Basic Education Project of Guinea will establish a social and environmental selection process that will allow the structures responsible for the implementation of the project to identify...
Worldwide, nearly a billion adults, at least 600 million of them women, are illiterate. Adult literacy is highly relevant to poverty alleviation efforts worldwide, because in the 21st century much of the...
The note summarizes a 1999 evaluation of adult literacy programs in Uganda, which looked at the longer-term outcomes of these programs. Four main questions were addressed: How well do adult literacy students...
The note describes the major findings of the study "Engaging with adults", which reviews the international experience with adult basic education (ABE), with a focus on Africa. As a foundation for improved...
The main purpose of the financing provided through the Norwegian Education Trust Fund for Africa (NETF) is to help African countries prepare such education sector development and reform programs, which...
Despite the many positive impacts of adult basic education, support for ABE programs (including from the World Bank) has been relatively modest over the last two decades. The reasons for this are the concerns...