With one quarter of the population between the ages of 10 and 24, the demand in Southeast Asia for education and economic opportunity is greater than ever. EDC’s efforts in Indonesia, the Philippines, and the Lower Mekong to create meaningful opportunities for youth by aligning public, private, education, and industry partners have been successful, reaching hundreds of thousands of young people.

EDC is also improving elementary and basic education for younger children though high-quality literacy programs, teacher professional development, and policy implementation. And we are fighting drug abuse and HIV/AIDS through programs that help people develop the knowledge and behaviors they need to chart a long, healthy future.

Resources

Here are a few of our resources on Asia. To see more, visit our Resources section.
White papers

Save Our Future, a global coalition, rallied diverse voices amid the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasizing the vital link between education and the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals.

Fact sheets

Work Ready Now (WRN) is a versatile and modular skills curriculum designed to develop youth’s in-demand, transferable work readiness skills used in 28 countries and translated in 21 languages.

Reports

As noted in its executive summary, this report looks at school meals “aid delivery through different windows, both to shed light on financial flows—and to explore discrepancies in the data.” It hig

White papers

This case study is one of the Sustainable Finance Initiative’s seven rapid country case studies studying the state of school meals programs.

Reports

The purpose of this note is to detail an offer of support to national governments that are willing to develop sustainable financing strategies for national school feeding programs.

With funding from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and in partnership with Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government (BSG), the Learning Generation Initiative (formerly the Education Commission) produced the DeliverEd Final Report, Deliberate Disruptors: Can Delivery Approaches Deliver Better Education Outcomes? The following are the supporting research products produced in interpretation of the research.

White papers

This is an invited memo offering an investment case for school health and nutrition programs that was prepared for the Spring 2022 Meeting of the Global Education Forum (GEF).

Studies

Over twelve months in 2018-2019, the Accelerating Work Achievement and Readiness for Employment 2 (AWARE 2) project, funded by J.P.

Fact sheets

Future Proof Skills is a comprehensive work-readiness and skills-development program designed for higher education students and graduates and will enable them to not only join the workforce, but to also thrive in any type of work environment.

Toolkits

This resource focuses on how distance education technology benefits teachers and teaching.