Category Archives: Aid
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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Results based financing in education: is it a challenge to aid effectiveness?
On the occasion of this week’s Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Financing Conference held in Dakar, Senegal, the GEM Report has released a new policy paperon results-based financing (RBF) in education, a financing modality being promoted strongly by some donors. … Continue reading
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What US support to UNRWA is worth in terms of education
Yesterday, as hinted at the start of the year, the United States cut its aid to the United Nations Relief Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees, better known with its acronym UNRWA. UNRWA has been running for over six decades, having … Continue reading
Evaluating GPE’s self-evaluation
This week, the Strategy and Impact Committee of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Board is to meet to discuss, among many issues, the ‘Results Report’, which is the Partnership’s monitoring document; and the ‘Knowledge and Innovation Exchange’ (KIX), the … Continue reading
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Donors and countries are not pulling their weight in funding education
Today, two events are being held during the UN General Assembly delivering a high-level political call for urgent action on education financing. As the forthcoming GEM Report due out 24 October shows, many countries and donors are not pulling their … Continue reading
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Tagged aid, donors, edcucation, finance, financing, funding, global fund, SDG, SDG4
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