Peter A. Holland

Lead Education Specialist at the World Bank, focusing on human capital, girls' education, and FCV. Views are my own.

[Tom Vandenbosch @TVandenbosch]

‘We don’t need air con’: how Burkina Faso builds schools that stay cool in 40C heat https://t.co/AUa81n1bGO #sdg4

[Peter A. Holland @Boutros08]

Impressive jump in learning in #Burundi. And the gains for girls in particular will ensure the trend perpetuates across generations.

[Victoria Kwakwa @VictoriaKwakwa]

From surpassing boys in academic achievement to delaying marriage and childbirth, Burundian girls are rewriting their futures through education. Learn more about their inspiring journey in this new blog: https://t.co/eBIPwKNXt3 #TransformingEducation

[Peter A. Holland @Boutros08]

Insights from our managing director as the #FragilityForum gets underway:
i. act early
ii. anticipate better
iii. prepare for medium-term, and
iv. provide countries predictable financing.

Lots of good vignettes on our partnerships here too, especially with @Refugees

[Anna Bjerde @bjerde_anna]

How to rethink fragility in a world where crises are the new normal?

My op-ed in @devex: https://t.co/BE8yN99lxd

#FragilityForum

https://t.co/CxkV90y0j4

[Isadora Zoni @IsadoraZoni]

Sexual violence & child marriage crisis in Cabo Delgado demands urgent action. Conflict exacerbates GBV risks for women & girls, worsened by lack of services & prevention efforts. #EndGBV #PSEA #CaboDelgado

[Peter A. Holland @Boutros08]

In addition to the horrors in Gaza, teacher salary payments in the West Bank have fallen by almost half since October. https://t.co/x5BGcWpaiC

[Peter A. Holland @Boutros08]

For those working in EiE / education & fragility, conflict, violence ---- deadline for feedback is this Friday.

[INEE @INEEtweets]

Don’t Forget! INEE needs you to help set the direction of the network over the next several years. Read the initial draft of our new INEE strategic framework and submit your feedback and inputs.

Submit your ideas by Friday, March 1st.
https://t.co/S37sCRZsMw

#CollectiveAction

[INEE @INEEtweets]

[Webinar] Join the discussion on understanding MHPSS & Situational Analysis in Gaza, with panelists from the MHPSS space, teachers & others. Event will be held in Arabic & English with interpretation in both languages.

📅 5 March, 1pm UTC
💻 Register: https://t.co/PpFZRvZnEq

[World Bank EduTech @WBedutech]

"We stand with them and will help finance what is ultimately a global public good – educated refugee children that will be important drivers of growth and prosperity, whether in host countries or, eventually, back home."

[World Bank Education & Skills @WBG_Education]

The benefits of education for #refugee children are clear. Quality #education can lead to higher incomes, increased self-sufficiency & reduced aid dependency.

🆕Blog by Luis Benveniste, @karishma_silva @WorldBankAfrica & Johannes Hoogeveen @WorldBankMENA: https://t.co/yTVyYwgR2o

[David Evans @DaveEvansPhD]

"Adolescent Girls’ Safety In and Out of School: Evidence on Physical & Sexual Violence from across Sub-Saharan Africa" (by @SusannahHares, @Boutros08, @AcostaAminaM & me) is now forthcoming at the @JDevStudies!

In the meantime, you can read the preprint https://t.co/W3KSTipO0F.

[Marta Favara @MartaFavara]

Using a regression discontinuity approach, we find that a reform extending the school day increases math test scores , a > effect size relative to other interventions. It also improves reading, technical and socio-emotional skills.@yloxford @EconCath @alan_sanchezj @taitarasu

[Peter A. Holland @Boutros08]

"Every day above 26.7ºC in the three years preceding PISA.... lowers scores by 0.18 standard deviations."

[Harry A. Patrinos @hpatrinos]

Dispatch from COP27: Harnessing education for effective climate action https://t.co/ysNFwbf0Db via @worldbank

[Susannah Hares @susannahhares]

We started to ramp up our work on school violence, with papers from @DaveEvansPhD @Boutros08 @AcostaAminaM and me. Much more to come on this next year, including from @Gabriela_LSC and @DongYiWu2 .

https://t.co/ECkDKRe1ZV

[Aldo Sambo @AldoSambo]

Angola joins the Global Partnership for Education | Global Partnership for Education https://t.co/shqaAEpDOC

[Peter A. Holland @Boutros08]

Hard to cash in on a demographic dividend without addressing the learning crisis

[João Pedro Azevedo @jpazvd]

China age-cohort peaked in 1977 at 375M

India age-cohort peaked in 2008 at 385M

Today, Sub-Saharan Africa has 500M children from 0-14!

The size and acceleration of this age cohort are historically unprecedented.

The solutions for Africa are in Africa!

#EndLearningPoverty

[Peter A. Holland @Boutros08]

Welcome @AldoSambo -- very pleased to see #Angola join the @GPforEducation. The task ahead is daunting. But this political commitment, and the partnership platform that the GPE provides, will help accelerate our collective response to the education crisis. #EstamosJuntos

[Aldo Sambo @AldoSambo]

During the GPE Africa 1,2 &3 Constituency Meeting, last week in Paris, Partner States learned about the GPE New Operational model for 2025 and proposed their vision for this week Board Meeting .

[João Pedro Azevedo @jpazvd]

#Africa is the future!

500 million children in 2022 and growing!

We must protect our future by educating our children and youth!

@WorldBankAfrica @WBG_Education #COP27

Checkout the interactive dataviz: https://t.co/fwtMG8HT7P

[Amber Peterman @a_peterman]

.@DaveEvansPhD @SusannahHares @Boutros08 &
@AcostaAminaM on the @CGDev blog give us 3 learnings from deep diving on violence against girls in Africa in & out of school

Scarce, incomplete & divergent measurement in this space -- the struggle is real!

https://t.co/wyGDkQN079

[David Evans @DaveEvansPhD]

How safe are adolescent girls in Sub-Saharan Africa, both in and out of school?

We've updated our working paper https://t.co/W3KSTiqlQd (by @SusannahHares, @Boutros08, @AcostaAminaM, and me)

Here are 3 new things we learned (https://t.co/Kl6VDT9295). 🧵