Editor’s Note:The article is excerpted and adapted from Professor Zhang Minxuan’s book International organizations and educational development, pages 111-146.For the preceding parts, please refer to the following articles: IO Wiki｜UNESCO Headquarters and Field Network、IO Wiki | UNESCO: The Director-

On May 12, 2026, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC)jointly launched the inaugural Higher Education Global Trends Report in Paris, France, and Caracas, Ve

(For the preceding part, please refer to the article: https://www.tec-unesco.org.cn/f5/b1/c33129a849329/page.htm)Within the structural framework of UNESCO, the Director-General serves as the highest-ranking administrative officer, while the Assistant Director-General for Education is tasked with lea

Editor’s Note:The article is excerpted and adapted from Professor Zhang Minxuan’s book International organizations and educational development, pages 84-113.UNESCO Headquartersin Paris(Source:Ignacio Marin)Constituitonal Organs of UNESCOThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organiz

Photo | World Bank Headquarters(Source: Deborah W. Campos)Editor’s Note: The article is excerpted and adapted from Professor Zhang Minxuan's book 'International organizations and educational development', pages 194-227. For the precedingcontent, please see[])Entering the 21st century, the World Bank

The World Bank is an intergovernmental institution for financial cooperation and international development within the United Nations system. Through financial and fiscal instruments, it fosters growth in developing countries and impoverished regions with a particularly focus on vulnerable population

What are public goods?The concept of public goods was classically defined by economist Paul A. Samuelson in the mid-twentieth century. According to the definitionin his essayThe Pure Theory of Public Expenditure, a public good is one whose consumption by one individual does not diminish its availabi

Teacher Education Centre under the auspices of UNESCO (TEC) is a key international teacher education institution established by UNESCO, which is also the first UNESCO Category 2 education institution based in Shanghai. In November 2017, the 39th session of the UNESCO General Conference approvedthe e

The UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks Programme and the UNESCO Creative Cities Network are two mechanisms through which UNESCO mobilizes global resources to advance sustainable development.The former connects universities around the world through knowledge-sharing partnerships that strengthen speci