Rita Perakis

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Rita Perakis

Rita Perakis

@ritaperakis

Former @CGDev @EPG_Edu @socfinuk. Views are my own

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Center for Global Development
More than one in three children report being victims of physical attacks in schools across sub-Saharan Africa.🌍 @DaveEvansPhD & @SusannahHares stress the impact of school violence on learning & urge prioritizing safety in the education sector ⬇ bit.ly/3QUnpng
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Justin Sandefur
Justin Sandefur@JustinSandefur·
🚨New paper🚨 "Phonics and Foreign Aid" We estimate the impact of USAID's global portfolio of early-grade reading programs, drawing on 12 RCTs + 15 diff-in-diffs + another 16 projects with before/after learning data.
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Michael Eddy
Michael Eddy@MichaelEddy·
Some personal news... I got married!! 🥰 Have never been filled so full of emotion as it was to be surrounded with so many family & friends showering us with their love! Feel so fortunate to be able to marry the love of my life!!
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Rita Perakis@ritaperakis·
For 4 years I've had the luck and pleasure to be a part of several partnerships with southern research institutions in my role at @CGDev. I share some of my reflections and lessons I've learned here cgdev.org/blog/future-re…
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Rita Perakis@ritaperakis·
If you’re at #CIES2023, come hear CGD partners -@aphrc, CERT Malawi and IEPA Ghana - from the @CGDev PREPARE consortium discuss research results. Chaired by my colleague @RadhikaNagesh, today at 2:45pm
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Attending #CIES2023 next week? 📚 Don't miss @CGDev experts @mouna_akelbulan @RadhikaNagesh & @DaveEvansPhD who will cover a range of topics from equity in education to learning poverty. Details below ⬇️

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Rita Perakis@ritaperakis·
New flagship report out from @CGDev education program! @susannahhares @maryamakmal and I have a chapter on the potential for PPPs to be a cost-effective solution - but why governments should tread carefully
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India's school meals feed 120m children each day. Ghana's 🆓 secondary schooling led to 📈 in high school enrollment. What are the things that 💲 can fix in education? CGD's NEW #SchoolingForAll blog explores ⬇️ cgdev.org/blog/feed-all-…

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Kristoffer Tangri
Kristoffer Tangri@K_Tangri·
This is what solidarity looks like!Uganda said on Tuesday it had agreed to a request from the United States to take in temporarily 2,000 refugees from Afghanistan fleeing after the Taliban takeover. reuters.com/world/africa/u…
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As Europe's talent pool ages out, Africa's grows, presenting opportunities for mutual migration partnerships. From idea to action, @WorldBank can assist: 👨🏾‍🚒 track skillset needs 🤝 improve immigration capacity 🚀 launch pilot programs Learn more: cgdev.org/blog/how-world….
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Rita Perakis@ritaperakis·
“fund education because education is important in its own right. Not because girls living in poor countries are an ‘asset’ to help rich countries tackle a climate crisis largely of their own making.” New @CGDev blog cgdev.org/blog/fund-girl…
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Rita Perakis
Rita Perakis@ritaperakis·
An insightful collection of viewpoints on how the education sector can get back on track with SDG4 by @GirinB @susannahhares @JustinSandefur and a host of expert contributors
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Thoughtful but refreshingly direct, @GirinB calls out the collective failure to address poor learning outcomes in his recent essay on #SDG4. In a roundtable w/ @CGDev @riseprogramme, sector leaders shared their reactions. Read the symposium of responses: cgdev.org/blog/symposium….

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Susannah Hares
Susannah Hares@susannahhares·
£55mill FCDO "What Works" research hub for global education announced today. V pleased to see this go ahead despite the cuts - it'll make a big contribution to the sector Bravo to the FCDO education team for getting education research on the PM's agenda gov.uk/government/new…
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