CIES Symposium Access to Information - World Bank Education Knowledge Sharing March, 2004 - Robert Prouty and Veronica Grigera Education and the World

CIES Symposium

Access to Information - World Bank Education Knowledge Sharing

March, 2004 - Robert Prouty and Veronica Grigera

Education and the World Bank: Knowledge and Information Resources

http://ispacetoo.worldbank.org/cgi-bin/showbig.cgi?12.76

Education at the World Bank

The Knowledge Bank

Education Information and Knowledge Resources

What this means to you

Session Overview

Education at the World BankWorld Bank Education Priorities

If you want to build a country build a school (Amartya Sen 2002)

Combined with sound macroeconomic policies,education:

• Contributes to economic growth

• Reduces poverty

• Fosters equity and social cohesion

• Enables the creation and application of knowledge

• Triggers a wide range of benefits – improves health, empowers individuals, raise labor productivity….

Education and the World Bank

• of high quality – relevant and focused on learning outcomes

•equitable – includes girls and poor pupils

•adequate to support further learning – a minimum of five years


The benefits only kick in if education is:

Education is central to development. It empowers people, strengthens nations, and is key to attainment of the Millennium Development Goals.

Education is one of five corporate priorities in the World Bank's overall assistance strategy to help countries reduce poverty.


• Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

• Achieve universal primary education

• Promote gender equality and empower women

• Reduce child mortality

• Improve maternal health

• Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases

• Ensure environmental sustainability

• Develop a global partnership for development

World Bank corporate priority:Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

Maternal Education and Total Fertility Rate, 1993-1997

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Powerful poverty-reducing synergies and inter-generational gains

•1 or 2 years of schooling for the mother reduces child mortality by about 15%

•Maternal education (especially secondary or higher) can substantially lower fertility rates

•Educated women are more likely to send their children to—and keep them in—school

•Education can lower the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS

Education and achievement of Millennium Development Goals...

The overarching goals in the Work of the World Bank in education are to help countries develop holistic education systems aimed both at:

• Achieving Education for All, especially ensuring that by 2015 every boy and girl completes a primary education of good quality and,

• Building dynamic knowledge societies that are key to competing in global markets through Education for The Knowledge Economy.my (


http://www1.worldbank.org/education/eke.asp

Education and the World Bank- Lending

Total Lending in $ Million

FY 2003- $2,349 million

FY 2002 - $1,385 million

FY 2001- $1,095 million

FY 2000- $728 million

FY 1999- $1,488 million

Education and the World Bank- Lending

FY03 Share of Education Lending by Sub-Sector(US$ million commitments)

FY03 Share of Total Amount of Education Lending Region (US$ million commitments)

In addition to lending to client countries, the World Bank:

• Formulates policies and strategy based on analysis and global experience

• Builds national consensus around reforms

• Mobilizes resources from other partners

• Builds capacity to design and implement reform programs

• Shares of global knowledge and best practice


AFR ECA LCR MNA

SAREAPEAP

PSI & FS

ESSD

HD

PREM

OPCS

Lending Operations

Lending Operations

DEC

WBIOED

World Bank Structure- Edu. Department

Networks Networks

Edu

Dept

Edu

Dept

The work of the Education department is organized into 3 main pillars:

•Education For All •Education and the Knowledge

Economy •Education Core Services

Education Department and the World Bank

Education for the Knowledge Economy (EKE)

Lifelong LearningSecondary Education

Tertiary EducationScience and Technology

Education and Technology

Education For All (EFA)Girls’ Education Adult Education

HIV/AIDS and School HealthEarly Child Development

Effective Schools and Teachers-Quality EFA Fast Track Initiative

Clients Partners

Staff

Education Core ServicesEducation Advisory Service

Education Statistics (EdStats)Quality Promotion

Professional Development Partnerships

Education Themes and Services

EFA - A global partnership to achieve universal

primary education - Jomtien 1990 and Dakar 2000

• EFA Strategy

• EFA Implementation (FTI)

• Education, Violence and Social Cohesion

• Additional Support to EFA•Adult and Non Formal Education•Early Child Development•Education and HIV/AIDS

Education For All (EFA)

• 115 million children are out of school - of these, 79 million never attended school;

• 52% of African children do not complete primary schooling;

• 66% of non-completers are girls;

• 40-50% of out-of-school population may be children with disability.

Education For All (EFA) – Some Challenges

Initial focus on 23 low-income EFA countries:To accelerate progress toward universal primary completion by 2015.Criteria for FTI invitation:

Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) adoptedEducation sector-wide plan under effective implementation

Additional 17 countries invited to participate in 2004

Education For All (EFA) – Fast Track Initiative (FTI)

YemenEthiopiaZambia

BangladeshPakistanIndia

D.R. CongoNigeria

VietnamTanzaniaGhana

GambiaAlbaniaGuinea

UgandaGuyanaNiger

MozambiqueNicaraguaMauritania

BoliviaHondurasBurkina FasoCountries invited to participate in 2002

EKE goal to help provide improved human capital tomake countries competitive and grow their economies

•Lifelong Learning

•Secondary Education

•Tertiary Education

•Science and Technology


Advanced skills critical to: •Economic growth through productivity

and adaptability of labor force• Improved living standards and enhanced

economic competitiveness•Stronger civil society and greater social

cohesion•Better investment climate

Lifelong learning is key, but must be:

•Good quality and relevant to labor market•Merit- and performance-based•Equitable and efficient


• Education Advisory Service

• Education Statistics

• Quality

• Professional Development

• Partnerships

Education Core Services

The Knowledge BankHistory, Organization and Evolution

Center of experience and and knowledge on development

Culture of sharing internally

Reaching beyond the BankJames D. Wolfensohn

President, World Bank Group

Call for the Knowledge Bank

(Annual Meetings, 1996)

Knowledge Bank Vision

Knowledgemanager

PresentPresent Advisory Service /Help Desk Staff

Clients

Relevantknowledge is

made availablejust-in-time

Relevant best

practice

Relevant bibliographyreference materials

Relevant polices,

guidelines,

procedures

Most frequently asked question

s

Country conditions, corresponde

nce personae,

issues

Most frequently

made mistakes in

the past

Relevant country, sector data

Text of previous similar

task outputs

Most knowledgeabl

e gurus on key issues

Best analytical tools, e.g. economic, financial analyses

Past Past

Sea of paper

Electronicknowledge

Tacit Knowledge

Knowledge Bank Rationale

through learning from the outside world

through Economic and Sector Work research

evaluation

with our clients, partners and

outside world…

with staff in the organization

through products and

services

and learning our successes from

failures and

Knowledge Bank Strategy

AFR ECA LCR MNA

SAREAP

Thematic Groups

EAP

PSI & FS

ESSD

HD

PREM

OPCS

Task TeamsTask Teams

DEC

WBIOED

Knowledge Bank Organization

Strategyand

quality

Partnershipand

innovation

KnowledgeManagement

Professional Excellence

NETWORKS

Knowledge Responsibilities

Community of PracticeA group of professionals...

a common class of problems,common pursuit of solutions, themselves embodying a store of knowledge.Thematic

Groups

Leadership & Facilitation

Full Community

Knowledge Bank Organization

Thematic Groups (communities of practice) Advisory Services (help desk facilities) Sector Knowledge Collections (Web) Sector Statistics - Project Databases -

Directories Dissemination (formal/informal learning) Debriefing (tacit knowledge download) Indigenous Knowledge Development Forum - B-SPAN

Global Knowledge InitiativesGlobal Development GatewayGlobal Development Network (GDN)Global Development Learning Network (GDLN)

Knowledge Bank Components

Knowledge sharing at the World Bank has evolved over time. From an early emphasis on capturing and organizing knowledge, its focus now is on adopting, adapting, and applying knowledge in a way that helps World Bank staff, clients, and partners work more effectively to reduce global poverty.

Initial focus – Knowledge database(7000 + knowledge objects)

Focus shift - Knowledge Communities(100+ thematic groups)

Increased attention - Knowledge Partnerships(large # on any single theme)

Increase link to Learning- World Bank Institute

Knowledge Bank Evolution

Knowledge management must be integrated into core business

Link to Operations -link to business process

Capacity Building in countries- OERU, Ayuda Urbana

KM for Results: treat it as an asset and measure it

Training and need to link KM to Learning Framework

“Knowledge the New Currency”

Knowledge Bank Lessons Learned

Education Information and Knowledge Resources

On-line resources and information services


Lifelong LearningSecondary Education

Tertiary EducationScience and Technology

Education and Technology

Education For All (EFA)Girls’ Education Adult Education

HIV/AIDS and School HealthEarly Child Development

Effective Schools and Teachers-Quality EFA Fast Track Initiative

Clients Partners

Staff

Education Core ServicesEducation Advisory Service

Education Statistics (EdStats)Quality Promotion

Professional Development Partnerships

Education Themes and Services

World Bank Website – Access Point

www.worldbank.org

Education Website

www.worldbank.org/education

Education Statistics - EdStats


www.worldbank.org/education/edstats

Official data on Education from 1970-2000/01 Able to perform various data queries (by Country, by Country Groups)

Education Millennium Development Goals Data for the ‘A Chance for Every Child’

Special EducationData from UN Disability StatisticsReports with Disability as a key component

School-aged Population Estimates (Source: World Bank)

By Country, By Age Group, By Year, By Country Groups Student Learning Assessment

Data from most International Student Assessment by subject (Literacy; Math) by assessment (PISA, SAQMEQ)



Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Education Indicators

Attendance and attainmentDisaggregating by Gender, Quintiles, Urbanity

World Education Indicators (WEI) DataInvesting in Education 1999Teachers for Tomorrow's Schools 2001Financing Education 2003

World Bank Lending1963-2003- By region, By sub-sector, Projects Database

Links to Other SourcesMinistries of Education and Statistical Agencies from around the world



Education Documents and Reports

www.worldbank.org/education/publications

Education Website

www.worldbank.org/education

Education Notes

Public Examinations Website




Webguide

Provides just-in-time information and acts as a one-stop-shop for information needs

Acts as the hub and main contact point of information and provides human interface to KM activities

Systematically shares and disseminates information and current events in a customized fashion

Provides hands on training and presentation on using resources effectively

Provides answers to questions

Pulls together responses from various information sources & experts in the filed

Gathers experience and tacit knowledge from a range of experts

Facilitates the development of knowledge resources

Captures knowledge from answered questions

Packages and organizes them for future re-use and publishing on the web

Education Advisory Service

Advisory Service

Request from

Client

Advisory Service shares request with appropriate experts, thematic group and conducts research on appropriated

databases

Resources are pulled together by Thematic Groups and

Advisory Service and response is formulated

Advisory Service responds to client and provides just enough

information, just in time… Knowledge from responses is

synthesized and stored for re-use

Education Advisory Service

Contact us

For more information contact the:

Education Advisory ServiceEmail: [email protected]: 202 458-5000Fax: 202 614-5000Web: www.worldbank.org/education/eas.asp