Center for Global Development (CGD)
- R Researcher
Description
CGD’s education program focuses on broad welfare goals and seeks to understand the role education can play in addressing inequity. Despite the tremendous progress that has been made in getting girls and boys into school, education has not yet fulfilled its promise of being the great societal equalizer. Gender inequality remains acute and deeply rooted in the economic, political and social spheres in developing countries. Intergenerational mobility is declining, not increasing. Poor children get educated in bad schools where they do not acquire basic numeracy and literacy skills while rich children attend good schools. Our research examines the mechanisms through which education can give children equal life opportunities and build the human capital that nations need to prosper.
Primary Functions
- Networking/Convening
- Research - policy analysis
- Research - project evaluation
Secondary Functions
- Awareness Raising/Advocacy
- Research - other
Geographic Scope
- Global / regional
Areas of work Back to Top
Education topics addressed
Attainment
- Primary completion
- Primary enrollment
- Primary to secondary transition
- Secondary completion
Other
- Remote Learning
Other skills
- Life skills/sexuality education
- Rights/empowerment education
- Social and emotional learning
Quality
- School quality
- School-related gender-based violence
- School violence
Skills
- Literacy
- Numeracy
Cross-cutting topics addressed
- Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
- Early/child marriage
- Empowerment
- Gender equality
- Sexual harassment & coercion
- Social and gender norms and beliefs
- Violence (at home, in relationships)
Funders and partners Back to Top
Current girls’ education funders
Current girls' education partners
Locations and contact information Back to Top
Website
Center for Global Development (CGD)
Headquarters location(s)
- London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Washington, D.C., , United States of America
Office location(s)
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- United States of America
Contacts
- Rita Perakis
- Assistant Director and Senior Policy Analyst, Global Education
- rperakis@cgdev.org
- Center for Global Development (CGD)
Locations of current girls’ education work
- N/A
Projects Back to Top
Research Project/Report/Study
Gender Gaps in Education: The Long View
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Planning for School Reopening and Recovery After COVID-19
Research Project/Report/Study
Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 School Closures: Insights from Frontline Organizations
Research Project/Report/Study
COVID-19 in Pakistan: A Phone Survey to Assess Education, Economic, and Health-Related Outcomes
Research Project/Report/Study
What We Learn about Girls’ Education from Interventions that Do Not Focus on Girls
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Early Childhood Education, Adolescent Life Skills & Mindsets, Girls' Education Ecosystem
Research Project/Report/Study
Learning for All
Research Project/Report/Study
Partnership for Research on Progress and Resilience in Education (PREPARE)
Research Project/Report/Study
Who Is Going Back to School? A Four-Country Rapid Survey in Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan