This third annual report on the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX) highlights progress towards three key objectives:

• Generating high-quality, demand-driven knowledge;
• Mobilizing insights and evidence from applied research and learning exchanges; and
• Strengthening the capacity of knowledge producers and users in the Global South to scale innovations and improve the use of evidence in education planning, policy, and practice.

This report draws on emerging findings and profiles examples related to teacher professional development — one of six broad themes that have emerged as key priorities for GPE partner countries, and which proved vital in education responses to COVID-19 — to demonstrate how KIX supported research and regional hubs work together towards our key outcomes.