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Category Archives: Aid
Why the world urgently needs a global plan to get all children safely back to school
By Hollie Warren, Head of Education: Save the Children The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated more than ever that global crises require global solutions. In April, faced with a global health emergency like no other, the international community came together in … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, child marriage, Out-of-school children, Uncategorized
Tagged aid, aid to education, coronavirus, covid19, out of school children
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Which are the biggest aid donors to education?
The recent new policy paper by the GEM Report shows that aid to each of the three education levels – basic, secondary and upper secondary education – has grown in the latest annual release of data from 2018. The last … Continue reading
How much aid is spent on education and where does it go?
English / Español While the main message of our new policy paper on the latest figures of levels of aid to education is that COVID-19 is a serious threat to aid recovery, it would be a shame not to give greater … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Basic education, Donors, Secondary school
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COVID-19 poised to set aid to education back by six years
A new GEM Report policy paper released today shows that total aid to education reached its highest ever levels in 2018, the latest available year. However, it estimates that global aid is likely to decline by up to US$2 billion … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Uncategorized
Tagged aid, aid effectiveness, aid to education, coronavirus, covid19, Finance, financing, humanitarian aid
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What role do foundations play in education?
How much are foundations investing in education and where? Who are the main beneficiaries and what difference are they making in education? These are just three of the questions that the GEM Report and the OECD Global Network of Foundations … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Finance, Innovative financing, Uncategorized
Tagged 2021 GEM Report, aid, aid to education, Finance, funding, philanthropy
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Aid to education falls slightly in 2017, shifts away from primary education
In 2017, aid to education totaled US$ 13.2 billion, down 2% or US$288 million compared to 2016. The figures analysed by our team show that the level of aid to education continue to stagnate, growing by only 1% per year … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Finance, Uncategorized
Tagged aid, aid effectiveness, aid to education, Finance, humanitarian aid
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Remittances well exceed aid as the most important external finance source for poor countries: let’s make the most of them
Next month, the GEM Report will release the breakdown of global aid figures for education in its annual policy paper. But the signs do not look good. ‘Poorest countries bear the brunt as aid levels fall for second successive year’ … Continue reading
Aid to pre-primary education: the gap between rhetoric and reality
By Professor Pauline Rose, Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge Many donors increasingly voice their recognition of the importance of pre-primary education in their education policy, but few are matching their public … Continue reading
Over $1.7 billion committed to education at the Global Citizenship Festival
Significant strides were made to #FundEducation at the Global Citizen Festival Mandela 100’ this week, totaling just over US$ 1.7 billion. It is often said that 2019 is the year of education: SDG 4 is going to be reviewed for … Continue reading
Refugee education deserves higher priority in aid – but so do the data on it
Today at the UNICEF headquarters, as part of events marking the United Nations General Assembly week, a high-level meeting on action for refugee education is being co-led by UNHCR and Save the Children. It is giving prominence to the findings … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, data, monitoring, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged 2019 gem report, aid to education, data, migration, monitoring, refugee education, refugees, world humanitarian summit
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