Multi-country Review of World Vision’s Unlock Literacy Program
Client:
World Vision International
Geography:
Global
ServiceS:
Applied research and evaluation
Sector:
Education
Background
Informed carried out a meta-analysis of World Vision’s Unlock Literacy programming impact assessments. This work built upon the work carried out by the team previously which was to train enumerators, oversee data collection, and write Unlock Literacy evaluation reports at the project level. The meta-analysis compiled the assessment data from Bangladesh, Burundi, DRC, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Malawi, Nepal, Rwanda, and Senegal to answer the question: What have we learned about implementing early grade reading programs for the most vulnerable children?
Activities
The meta-analysis explored program impact and carried out a rigorous equity analysis exploring the extent to which the program overcame barriers to education such as sex, socioeconomic status, home literacy environment, and home language. The team also carried out 4 case studies, providing unique contextualized insights of a global program.