Category Archives: Developing countries

What’s in a name? Rebranding the EFA Fast Track Initiative

Posted on 28 September 2011 by Pauline Rose

Français | Español By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report While world leaders were gathering at the United Nations General Assembly in New York last week, an event on the sidelines signalled a change that … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Aid, Basic education, Conflict, Developing countries, Donors, Finance, Governance, Innovative financing, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children | 2 Comments

How do we gauge global progress on skills?

Posted on 23 September 2011 by Andrew Johnston

Français | Español One of the challenges when setting targets like the Education for All goals (which the international community aims to reach by 2015) is knowing when you’ve actually reached them. It’s a particularly tough call with EFA goal 3, … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Developing countries, Economic growth, Employment, Skills, Training, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

When we talk about youth, we need to talk about skills

Posted on 3 August 2011 by Andrew Johnston

Français | Español When the United Nations kicked off a year celebrating youth empowerment 12 months ago, no one could have predicted that young people would soon rise up across the Arab world, overthrowing leaders in Tunisia and Egypt. The leaders of … Continue reading →

Posted in Arab States, Developed countries, Developing countries, Donors, Economic growth, Employment, Skills, Training, Youth | Tagged | 7 Comments

Targeting schools in the world’s newest state

Posted on 21 June 2011 by EFA Editor

Français | Español To mark the launch in Juba, South Sudan, of a new GMR policy paper on South Sudan’s education challenges, we publish a special opinion piece by  UNESCO’s Director-General Irina Bokova. Download the policy paper at http://www.efareport.unesco.org. On 9 … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Basic education, Conflict, Developing countries, Primary school | 2 Comments

Education for security and development

Posted on 30 May 2011 by EFA Editor

Français | Español | العربية By Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan To mark the launch in Amman, Jordan, of the Arabic edition of the 2011 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, The hidden crisis: Armed conflict and … Continue reading →

Posted in Conflict, Developing countries, Human rights, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Poverty, Refugees and displaced people | 2 Comments

A week of global action for girls’ and women’s education

Posted on 1 May 2011 by EFA Editor

Français | Español The Global Monitoring Report team is joining forces with UNESCO’s network of field offices to mark this year’s Education for All Global Action Week (May 2-8), which focuses on girls’ and women’s education. In 2000, governments pledged … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Conflict, Developing countries, Gender, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Sexual violence | 4 Comments

Hard lessons in the world’s largest refugee complex

Posted on 29 March 2011 by EFA Editor

Français | Español Somali refugees’ struggle for education in the Dadaab camps in northeastern Kenya, which we focused on in a post earlier this month, comes under the spotlight in an article from IRIN that builds on the findings of … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Basic education, Conflict, Developing countries, Donors, Human rights, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Refugees and displaced people | 2 Comments

Education bounces back in Cambodia and Ethiopia

Posted on 22 March 2011 by EFA Editor

Français | Español By Jakob Engel, a research consultant for the Overseas Development Institute Cambodia and Ethiopia offer valuable lessons on improving access to education after conflict, the theme of the 2011 EFA Global Monitoring Report, The hidden crisis: Armed … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Conflict, Developing countries, Ethnicity, Gender, Human rights, Language, Marginalization, Out-of-school children, Primary school, Teachers | 2 Comments

How donors betray children’s hopes in conflict zones

Posted on 18 March 2011 by EFA Editor

Français | Español By Sarah Press, Education Thematic Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for Save the Children (UK) If you wanted to put names and faces to the million of forgotten children in the world, you might … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Basic education, Conflict, Developing countries, Donors, Human rights, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Poverty, Primary school, Refugees and displaced people | 2 Comments

For refugees in Kenya, ‘education is the only thing we can take home’

Posted on 15 March 2011 by Pauline Rose

Français | Español By Pauline Rose, senior policy analyst, Education for All Global Monitoring Report In many ways, Kenya is an example of an African success story in education. According to the 2011 EFA Global Monitoring Report, growth in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Basic education, Conflict, Developing countries, Donors, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Refugees and displaced people | Tagged , | 6 Comments