Category Archives: Aid

What role do foundations play in education?

Posted on 29 October 2019 by GEM Report

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 | 1 Comment

Aid to education falls slightly in 2017, shifts away from primary education

Posted on 14 May 2019 by GEM Report

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 | 2 Comments

Remittances well exceed aid as the most important external finance source for poor countries: let’s make the most of them

Posted on 16 April 2019 by GEM Report

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 →

Posted in Aid, Finance, Uncategorized | Tagged aid, aid to education, Finance, remittances | 1 Comment

Aid to pre-primary education: the gap between rhetoric and reality

Posted on 4 April 2019 by GEM Report

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 →

Posted in Aid, Early childhood care and education, Pre-primary education, Uncategorized | Tagged aid, aid to education, early childhood care and education, pre-primary education, target 4.2 | Leave a comment

Over $1.7 billion committed to education at the Global Citizenship Festival

Posted on 5 December 2018 by GEM Report

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 →

Posted in Aid, Finance, Uncategorized | Tagged aid to education, Finance, humanitarian aid | 1 Comment

Refugee education deserves higher priority in aid – but so do the data on it

Posted on 26 September 2018 by GEM Report

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 | 1 Comment

DFID announces continued support to the GEM Report and the UIS

Posted on 26 September 2018 by GEM Report

By Sarah Hennell, Department for International Development (DFID), UK The UK is leading the call for 12 years of quality education for all girls and boys. But is it possible to measure the quality of education for all children? Is … Continue reading →