Education

A push to extend health coverage to more Peruvians has seen Peru make significant strides towards achieving universal coverage in the past decade. However, rising demand for health care is increasing the burden on already strained public facilities, following decades of underinvestment. The reforms initiated under President Ollanta Humala are...

With unemployment remaining high – the IMF has predicted the unemployment rate to rise from 13.6% in 2014 to 13.9% in 2015 – there is a pressing need to tackle the issue and address Egypt’s skills gap. Developed under the Ministry of Education (MoE), the Technical Education Strategy 2011/12 to 2016/17 recognises the need to improve technical...

With a looming demographic bulge and a need for higher youth employment, Egypt’s education sector is the focus point of much attention. Egypt’s public education system is the largest in terms of student populations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), yet its levels of public spending have only seen nominal increases in the last five...

Given the limitations of Kenya’s health care system in terms of funding and accessibility, the country is looking at a number of e-services to meet the needs of a population with limited spending power and poor access to formal health care facilities.

The government’s push for greater educational access is creating a variety of issues surrounding funding and quality throughout the public education system. This has led to greater demand for private education. Given this situation, as well as the massive reform effort and shake up of the existing system, there are likely to be plenty of...

Kenya has a young and growing population, which has the potential to transform the country’s economic fortunes. However, to achieve this transformation, the government will have to improve the quality and relevance of the skills young people possess when entering the labour market. This necessitates sustained improvements in the education...