Learning

Read guidance, learning summaries, evidence trends, and country reflections from USAID and its partners.

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Youth Workforce Development

Youth Skills: The Whole Picture

When it comes to young people, the term “skill building” is deceptively simple. On the surface, it might seem that “skills” directly relate to the abilities needed to perform a task or get a job.
July 5, 2022
The Center for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain Africa
Higher Education

Lessons Learned: Building and Tapping into Alumni Networks in Low- and Middle-Income Country Higher Education Institutions

The first survey provided valuable insights to the CARISCA project team and KNUST administrators.
July 25, 2022
Youths studying at the Learning Resource Center in Buchanan, Liberia.
Education Finance
February 23, 2021

Engaging Non-State Schools

The USAID Center for Education has developed six guidelines in the Good Practice Brief on Engaging Non-State Schools to inform agency stakeholders on incorporating non-state schools.
Children at school in Papua
Education Finance
September 13, 2019

Financing Quality Education for All is a Development Priority

Have you ever walked into a school that doesn’t have enough resources? Classes may be over-crowded and students might not have any books or reading materials. Without the proper resources, students cannot perform at their fullest potential. 
Students in Ruvuma, Tanzania
Education Finance
September 13, 2019

Education Finance in Practice

When it comes to implementing programs, managers must think about how to manage financial resources in all program development phases. Depending on the nature of the education program, this can be done by using a few different approaches. 
Integrated Reading Activity in Bamako, Mali.
Education Finance
September 13, 2019

A Framework to Promote Education Finance

Using this framework, USAID staff and implementing partners can make sustainable investments that enable all children and youth to get the education and skills needed to be productive members of society.
Education in Crisis and Conflict
March 7, 2019

South Sudan: Adaptive Systems in a Conflict and Crisis Setting

The signing of Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) in January 2005 ended decades of civil war. The end of the war created favorable conditions in southern Sudan for the rehabilitation and development of basic social services, including education.