Innocenti Research Brief: Evidence and gap map research brief

This Innocenti Research Brief is one in a series of five, each focusing on one of UNICEF’s strategic goal areas for 2021. The series provides an overview of the available evidence on the effectiveness of interventions aiming to improve children’s welfare in low- and middle-income countries.  

This brief focuses on one of UNICEF’s strategic goals for 2021, namely that every child learns. It is reported that there is a large body of evidence related to education, but that it is unevenly distributed with non-existent evidence for areas such as learning in humanitarian settings and inclusive learning for children with disabilities. Whilst the avaliable evidence can be used to support policies, programmes and practice, there is a need to generate evidence in the areas where it is missing.