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Children from low-income and rural families are most likely to miss out on pre-primary education. Private pre-primary schools are concentrated in urban areas with higher-income families, where schools are more easily guaranteed adequate income. In 2019, the adjusted net attendance rate in schooling of 5-year-olds in Uganda was more than 17 percent higher for children in urban areas than in rural areas, and 49 percent higher for those in the richest quintile than those in the lowest-income

While there are no easy solutions for city government officials in EMDEs trying to fund infrastructure development, some governments are thinking creatively and exploring new, innovative sources of financing to help close a financing gap that ranges in the trillions.

The Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo decided Monday to judge "by default" the former Prime Minister and presidential candidate Augustin Matata, prosecuted for alleged embezzlement of public funds, as part of a second trial in the same affair.

Click to expand Image Members of the Congolese security forces patrol after dispersing demonstrators during a peaceful march organized by the opposition in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 20, 2023. 2023 REUTERS/Justin Makangara (Kinshasa) - Police violently dispersed peaceful protesters in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 20, 2023, arresting dozens of people and seriously injuring at least 30, Human Rights Watch said today. The police said they have opened an investigation into the violence against the protesters and announced that they had arreste...

Click to expand Image Members of the Congolese security forces patrol after dispersing demonstrators during a peaceful march organized by the opposition in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 20, 2023. 2023 REUTERS/Justin Makangara (Kinshasa) - Police violently dispersed peaceful protesters in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 20, 2023, arresting dozens of people and seriously injuring at least 30, Human Rights Watch said today. The police said they have opened an investigation into the violence against the protesters and announced that they had arreste...