Category Archives: Aid
Some donors are shifting aid to secondary education
The recent policy paper by the GEM Report containing the data on 2014 aid spending shows that, for several years, aid to education has been stuck not only at a level far below what is needed but even below levels … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Donors, Post-2015 development framework, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged aid, education, finance, primary education, SDGs, secondary education
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Humanitarian aid: education’s double disadvantage
The GEM Report’s recent paper on trends of aid to education shows how education remains an under-prioritised and underfunded sector of humanitarian aid. Humanitarian aid makes up only a small share of the external financing that countries receive for education. … Continue reading
Which way to the platform, please?
The Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) bi-annual meetings recently took place in Amman, Jordan. Two points stood out from the event: there is considerable excitement about the potential offered by the impending Crisis Platform for Education in Emergencies, … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Conflict, Disaster preparedness, Donors, Economic growth, emergencies, Finance, Uncategorized
Tagged aid, education, finance, SDGs, sustainable development
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Funding education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Can the momentum be maintained during the current economic slowdown?
This blog, by Birger Fredriksen, a leading expert on the development of education in developing countries at the Results for Development Institute, shows that concerted efforts are needed to stop the economic slowdown in sub-Saharan Africa from impacting on its … Continue reading
What happens if an education system is outsourced?
The new Liberian Education Minister, George Werner, announced in January that the pre-primary and primary schools in the country will move over to be run by ‘public-private’ partnerships in a $65 million five year deal. Why this change? In February … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Aid, Finance, Post-2015 development framework, private schools, private sector, Uncategorized
Tagged Africa, education, learning, liberia, post-2015
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How we could triple the availability of textbooks
Our first new policy paper as the GEM Report is out today and shows how altering the textbook market to a more centralised finance model could take up to $3 off the price of each book. Combining this approach with … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Aid, Basic education, curriculum, Developing countries, Donors, Equity, Innovative financing, Learning, Literacy, Marginalization, Primary school, Quality of education, sdgs, Uncategorized, united nations
Tagged aid, aid effectiveness, curriculum, davos, Innovative financing, learning, learning for all, learning materials, lifelong learning, private sector, sustainable development, textbooks, world economic forum
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Education cannot wait, and yet it always does
For many years now there have been calls for greater attention to education in crisis situations from a multitude of advocacy organisations and influential spokespeople. Despite this noise, although there have been some indications of progress, there have been no … Continue reading
