report October 12, 2021 How should we assess children’s learning in the COVID era? With widening education inequality due to lost instructional time and other COVID-19 impacts, what should education system leaders do about assessment? Are we interested in what is being learned or in identifying what young people are ready to learn? Even before the pandemic struck, many students were learning little from the intended curricula, with half of 10-year-olds in low-... By Brookings Institute, Event Brookings Institute
report October 12, 2021 COVID-19’s impact on overall health care services in Africa In addition to directly causing the deaths of at least 200,000 people in Africa, the COVID-19 pandemic is also disrupting critical health services and undermining years of progress fighting other deadly diseases, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis (TB), and malaria, which continue to be the leading causes of death in the region. In order to better understand... By Brookings Institute, Post Brookings Institute
report September 29, 2021 Greg Wright Greg Wright... By Brookings Institute, Expert Brookings Institute
report September 29, 2021 Property tax compliance in Tanzania: Can nudges help? Abstract Low- and middle-income countries around the world struggle with low tax compliance together with limited capacity to enforce compliance. This paper reports the results of a randomly rolled out text-message campaign aimed at promoting compliance among landowners in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Landowners were effectively randomly assigned to one of four groups designed to test different aspects of tax... By Brookings Institute, Report Brookings Institute
report September 29, 2021 Industries without smokestacks in Tunisia: Creating jobs in tourism and ICT Tunisia, like many African countries, is facing an influx of young people into its workforce, but the country doesn’t have enough jobs to absorb them. Recent research, though, reveals that there might actually be great potential and even a comparative advantage for job creation in Tunisia in “industries without smokestacks” (IWOSS). IWOSS are sectors that share much in common... By Brookings Institute, Post Brookings Institute
report September 29, 2021 USAID’s local staff are an overlooked resource to advance locally led development Last week’s House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on locally led development highlighted the bipartisan consensus about its numerous benefits. Subcommittee chairman Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) noted that each of the last four administrations has advanced this vital foreign aid reform because “evidence indicates that working with local partners improves the effectiveness and sustainability of our foreign assistance programs.” Ranking... By Brookings Institute, Post Brookings Institute
report September 28, 2021 The risks of US-EU divergence on corporate sustainability disclosure Sustainability disclosure is in vogue, with more than 80 percent of major global companies reporting on some aspects of their social and environmental impacts. This is partly driven by growing calls for transparency by civil society organizations and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investors, who are demanding detailed and verified corporate sustainability information. ESG investments—assets that fulfill certain minimum... By Brookings Institute, Post Brookings Institute
report September 28, 2021 G-20 support for improved infrastructure project cycles in Africa Priyadarshi DashResearch and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)Paulo EstevesBRICS Policy Center Rob Floyd African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) Arthur MinsatDevelopment Center, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Aloysius Uche Ordu SAfrica Growth Initiative, Brookings Institution Cobus van Staden South Africa Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)... By Brookings Institute, External Article Brookings Institute
report September 28, 2021 US economic statecraft adrift as China seeks to join mega Asian trade deal China’s decision to formally seek to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the world’s most important Asian trade deal, presents the U.S. with an enormous set of economic and diplomatic challenges. China joining CPTPP would deal a significant blow to U.S. economic statecraft and further strengthen Chinese leadership in the Indo-Pacific. Taiwan’s recent announcement that it also... By Brookings Institute, Op-Ed Brookings Institute
report September 28, 2021 Addressing youth unemployment through industries without smokestacks: A Tunisia case study Abstract Although the manufacturing sector is known to have a unique role in structural transformation, the industries without smokestacks (IWOSS) that include tradable services, and that concern in Tunisia mainly IT, tourism, transport, trade, and financial services, can provide new opportunities for export development and in turn drive economic growth. As such, and for each of these sectors, Tunisia is... By Brookings Institute, Report Brookings Institute
