This month, I celebrate my 20th anniversary as researcher. Looking back, the journey has been both rewarding and frustrating, in equal measure. Two questions have been most consistent, one difficult, the other annoying. What do you do? What for? (the politer version of, who cares?). Let’s start with the difficult one. I have been asked […]

Education remains the most important investment in human capital. As an empowerment right, guaranteed in may international, regional and National human rights treaties and laws/policies, education endows individuals with the means to improve their skills, health, knowledge, and productivity and enhances the economy’s ability to exploit and adapt new technology for social and economic advancement. […]