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.
Bangladesh - Can Incentives for Community Authors Reduce Shortages in Minority Language Reading Materials?
Track and Trace : Can a Digital Book Tracking System Help to Get Books into the Hands of Children?
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.
Democratic Republic of Congo: Can Incentives to Take Home Textbooks
Book Chain : Incentivizing Actors in the Book Chain to Increase Availability of Quality Books for Children
REACH - World Bank Group 2019
This note summarizes the main takeaways of a discussion between REACH grantees. The goal was to identify the main bottlenecks in the book supply chain and to secure buy-in from government and other key players on the solutions that the grantees were proposing to address those bottlenecks.
The Experience of Soma Book Café in Facilitating Children’s Creativity
Soma Book Cafe 2020
Soma Book Café is a readership promotion space and innovative co-creation hub for literary expression and multimedia storytelling approaches. This case study looks at how the organization Soma contributes to the creation of a reading culture by promoting reading for pleasure and literary expression, and how Soma has become a hub for readership-related information and a center of literary activities.
Pratham Books Style Guide
Good Stories Don’t Grow on Trees: a Guide to Effective Costing of Storybooks in the Global South
Early Literacy Resource Network 2019
This research aims to raise awareness of the various costs that go into producing and translating storybooks and of the relationship between investment and quality. It also serves to illustrate emerging business models for local organizations creating content using open licensing that funders and governments might wish to fund to support effective early literacy acquisition in developing countries.
The Book Dash Manual
Getting Textbooks to Every Child in Sub-Saharan Africa: Strategies for Addressing the High Cost and Low Availability Problem
World Bank Group 2015
This report focuses on cost and financing barriers to textbook provision in sub-Saharan Africa. It explores, in depth, the cost and financial barriers that restrict textbook availability in schools across much of the region. It also examines policies adopted in India, the Philippines, and Vietnam that have helped these countries make textbooks affordable and available for all children. Finally, the study provides a thorough assessment of the pros and cons of digital teaching and learning materials and cautions against the assumption that they can immediately replace printed textbooks.
Survey of Children's Reading Materials in African Languages in Eleven Countries
RTI International 2016
This report provides a detailed description of the current supply of early-grade reading materials in African languages in the following 11 countries in sub-Saharan Africa: the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Where Have All the Textbooks Gone? Toward Sustainable Provision of Teaching and Learning Materials in Sub-Saharan Africa
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.
Enjoying Books Together: A Guide for Teachers on the Use of Books in the Classroom
Enjoying Books Together at Home: Ideas for Parents & Careers for Encouraging Reading.
GBA’S Guidance Note: Reading and Learning During Global Emergencies
Engaging the Private Sector Towards an Improved Literate Environment: A learning paper on book development in Rwanda
Save the Children 2020
Drawing on a desk review of program reports, reviews and case stories from 2014-2018, as well as key informant interviews with Save the Children staff, this paper includes an in-depth examination of the support provided to the book sector and the ensuing achievements, challenges, and learning. It also includes forward-looking recommendations for future support to the local publishing industry in Rwanda and considerations for the replication of the Save the Children book development approach in disparate contexts.
Using Information Communications Technologies to Implement Universal Design for Learning
USAID 2020
The purpose of this paper is to facilitate the implementation of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), with a particular emphasis on supporting students with disabilities to acquire literacy and numeracy skills. The paper focuses on how technology can support foundational skills acquisition for students with disabilities. The paper highlights how technologies, such as digital books, sign language video books, and free platforms like the Global Digital Library are bridging learning gaps.
Learning for Uncertain Futures: The Role of Textbooks, Curriculum, and Pedagogy
UNESCO 2020
This paper argues that innovative curriculum, textbooks and pedagogy should promote students’ ability to flourish in rapidly changing times. They should facilitate approaches to teaching and learning that prepare both teachers and learners to respond to uncertainty. Such approaches recognize the abiding value of both cognitive and affective learning and acknowledge the need for both conceptual mastery and open-ended learning.