REACH - World Bank Group 2020
In the brief, authors detail a Track and Trace intervention designed to address various weaknesses in the book supply chain in Cambodia.
South Africa - Results-Based Financing and the Book Supply Chain : Motivating Writers and Publishers to Create Quality Storybooks
REACH - World Bank Group 2019
This final report details how the REACH project established a diverse, nation-wide public-private partnership to raise awareness of the critical need for storybooks. For the first time at a national level, literacy experts from across South Africa convened to discuss reading for pleasure.
Growing the Local Book Industry: The Experience of a Publishing Collaborative in Rwanda
Save the Children 2020
This guide to the ‘whole book chain’ approach addresses every step of a book’s journey from authorship to child and emphasizes the need for sustainable, profitable industries which will guarantee availability of local-language, contextually relevant reading materials to support a culture of reading in the long term.
Technical Brief: Book Supply Chain - The Process and Cost of Getting Teaching and Learning Materials to Kids
USAID
This technical brief presents the technical and logistical challenges encountered by the ACCELERE! Project during planning, forecasting, title development, publishing, printing, procuring, and distributing training and learning materials to Congolese students, teachers, directors, and inspectors and provides recommendations for future implementers on keys to a successful teaching and learning materials supply chain in DRC.
Open Licensing of Primary Grade Reading Materials
A Global Reading Network Resource 2019
Restrictive copyrights can limit how likely reading resources are to be used, shared or repurposed, which significantly diminishes the potential impact of the materials. Donors and international organizations are increasingly investing in open educational resources, as they are interested in ensuring that educational materials reach the greatest possible number of learners and that broad access to those materials is not compromised at the conclusion of programs.