Category Archives: Aid
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
DFID announces continued support to the GEM Report and the UIS
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
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Tagged aid, data, development, Finance, monitoring
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If education cannot wait, then humanitarian aid needs to increase
The Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2018 (GHA 2018) was released last week along with UNHCR’s Global Trends Report. Just as there are more people displaced than ever before, levels of humanitarian assistance are also at an all-time high. The GHA … Continue reading
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Tagged aid, aid effectiveness, aid to education, Finance, humanitarian aid
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Aid to education reached an all‑time high in 2016
A new policy paper released by the GEM Report shows that aid to education has reached its highest level since records began. Between 2015 and 2016, it grew by US$1.5 billion, or 13%, to a record US$13.4 billion. This is … Continue reading
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Tagged aid, aid to education, Finance, humanitarian aid
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Raising billions of dollars for education in Dakar
With the curtains of the third Financing Conference of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) in Dakar, Senegal now closed, it is important to remember the context in which it was organized. During the first half of this decade, aid … Continue reading
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Tagged aid, finance, financing, global partnership for education
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What is at stake at the GPE Financing Conference?
The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 3rd replenishment conference (February 1-2) aims to confirm significant increases in commitments from partner countries and donors – old and new – in order to ensure that all children and youth are in school … Continue reading
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Tagged aid, financing, funding, global partnership for education
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