Category Archives: Aid

Education is the catalyst for the millennium goals

Posted on 14 September 2010 by EFA Editor

Education plays a special role in global efforts to improve people’s lives. As world leaders prepare to gather in New York to review international development goals, we think it’s time to underline just how special that role is. In 2000, … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Donors, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children | 9 Comments

Too little, too late: the cost of aid delays

Posted on 5 August 2010 by Kevin Watkins

Lives are being lost needlessly because of an aid system that favours crisis response over prevention By Kevin Watkins, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report from The Guardian, August 2, 2010 Last year, a militia attacked 12-year-old … Continue reading →

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Education can’t wait till the war is over

Posted on 4 August 2010 by Pauline Rose

By Pauline Rose, senior policy analyst, Education for All Global Monitoring Report team Recently I visited the huge refugee camps around Dadaab, Kenya, where more than 250,000 Somalis shelter from the war ravaging their country. In one camp, schoolboys said … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Basic education, Conflict, Developing countries, Refugees and displaced people | 2 Comments

The problem with cash-on-delivery aid

Posted on 13 July 2010 by EFA Editor

By Paolo de Renzio, Global Economic Governance Programme, Oxford University Nancy Birdsall’s response on this blog to the issues raised about cash-on-delivery aid in the 2010 Education for All Global Monitoring Report reflect the amount of work that has gone … Continue reading →

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Don’t break the aid promise to Africa’s children

Posted on 8 July 2010 by EFA Editor

A press release from the Global Monitoring Report team As political leaders across Africa prepare for the World Cup education summit scheduled for 11 July in Pretoria, UNESCO warns that shortfalls in aid threaten to derail efforts to get the … Continue reading →

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Giving education a sporting chance

Posted on 25 June 2010 by Kevin Watkins

By Kevin Watkins, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report You are probably wondering what a UN official is doing writing about the World Cup. So let me start with an assurance. I’m not about to offer post-match … Continue reading →

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Out of conflict and into school – in two minutes

Posted on 27 May 2010 by EFA Editor

In a snappy YouTube clip, Katy Webley, head of education at Save the Children,  spells out the lessons that her organisation has learned from its Rewrite the Future campaign, including the message that  “Education must become part of emergency responses, … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Conflict, Developing countries, Donors, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children | 4 Comments

George Weah: “There is nothing as important as education”

Posted on 27 May 2010 by EFA Editor

In a powerful comment article in The Guardian, George Weah backs 1Goal, the campaign to ensure that education for all is a lasting impact of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Weah, the first African soccer player to have been named … Continue reading →

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Cash on delivery: linking aid to results

Posted on 26 May 2010 by EFA Editor

By Nancy Birdsall, William D. Savedoff and Ayah Mahgoub, Center for Global Development, Washington Cash-on-delivery aid is a proposed new approach under which donors would commit to pay a specific amount for a specific measure of progress. Recent endorsements of … Continue reading →

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How to rewrite the future for millions of children

Posted on 23 April 2010 by EFA Editor

By Katy Webley, head of education for Save the Children (UK) 2010 is the year for education. As we mark the Campaign for Education’s Global Action Week, we’re looking ahead to reform of the Fast Track Initiative, the 1GOAL campaign, … Continue reading →

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