Reshaping the Future

Reshaping the Future Synopsis

This publication focuses on the role that education can play, both in terms of conflict prevention and in the reconstruction of post-conflict societies, drawing on research in 52 conflict-affected countries and a review of 12 country studies. These case studies include Angola, Burundi, Sierra Leone, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Timor Leste, Cambodia, Lebanon, El Salvador and Nicaragua, and consideration is given to how lessons drawn might be applied to recent conflict situations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Issues discussed include:

• the relationship between conflict, poverty and education
• the challenges of reform and reconstruction
• teacher training and teaching resources
• governance and financing
• the legacy of conflict
• and the role of the World Bank in supporting education reconstruction