World News in Brief: UN spotlights education aid solution, Sri Lanka prison violence, humanitarian aid to Venezuela

Unesco calls for wider use of debt-for-education swaps

Debt-for-education swaps allow countries to refinance or buy back expensive debt and channel the savings into education.

Developing countries spend more repaying foreign debt than on education, UN reveals

Unesco report shows children lost out to servicing debt in 113 countries, with 18 spending five times more on loans Most developing countrie

Developing countries spend more repaying foreign debt than on education, UN reveals

Unesco report shows children lost out to servicing debt in 113 countries, with 18 spending five times more on loans Most developing countrie

UNESCO urges wider use of debt-for-education swaps

At the UN, Literacy Losses in Chad, Blogless Pronk and Toothless Iran Resolution, How Our World Turns

UNITED NATIONS, October 26 -- On the topic of literacy, a 390-page study was released at the UN on Thursday. On page 201, it is reported tha

From childhood to university, economic inequality shapes life chances worldwide

Economic inequality is leaving a deep mark on children’s health, learning and future opportunities – with effects felt well beyond the class

258 Million Crisis-Affected Children Excluded from Education, ECW Report Finds

Breaking Barriers: Understanding Educational Exclusion in Crises