This 2012 update of a 2009 study provides an overview of current methods for measuring the contribution of cultural industries in today’s economy. Cultural industries are becoming important components of today’s economy, propelling innovation and development. Evidence suggests that cultural industries, which can encompass everything from the performing arts and museums to film production and...

To mark International Women’s Day, UNESCO and the UIS have jointly released the World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education, which includes over 120 maps, charts and tables featuring a wide range of sex-disaggregated indicators. The vivid presentation of information and analysis calls attention to persistent gender disparities and the need for greater focus on...

Governments are struggling to meet the rising demand for secondary education, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where there are enough school places for just 36% of children of age to enrol. Girls face the greatest barriers as the gender gap widens across the region, according to the 2011 Global Education Digest. Produced by the UNESCO Institute...

According to new projections, 99 countries will need at least 1.9 million more teachers in classrooms by 2015 than in 2008 to provide quality primary education for all. More than one-half of the additional teachers are needed in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper argues that all African countries need to expand their primary teaching forces to...

This report presents the latest available data for more than 200 countries and explains how UNESCO Institute for Statistics data are collected, processed and reported.The 2008 edition presents the latest available data for more than 200 countries and territories including 2007 data for a number of countries. It includes a wider range of indicators than...