Category Archives: Donors

Aid in 2009 : a glass half full or half empty?

Posted on 15 April 2010 by Elise Legault

By Elise Legault, research officer, Education for All Global Monitoring Report New aid figures were released on Wednesday by the OECD, shedding for the first time some light on the impact of the financial crisis on development assistance. So how … Continue reading →

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When learning saves lives: education and child mortality

Posted on 12 April 2010 by Kevin Watkins

By Kevin Watkins, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report Give a man a fish, as the saying goes, and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and you nourish him for a lifetime. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Developing countries, Donors, Gender, Group of 8, Health, Millennium Development Goals | 2 Comments

BRIEFLY: Let’s find new ways of funding inclusive education

Posted on 31 March 2010 by EFA Editor

“More innovative forms of financing – at both the domestic and the international level – must be found if Education for All is to become a reality,” argues Nicholas Burnett, former Director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report, … Continue reading →

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BRIEFLY: Canada and the G8 – an education opportunity

Posted on 25 March 2010 by EFA Editor

Two striking pieces in Canadian newspapers use the launch in Ottawa on Thursday March 25, of the 2010 Education for All Global Monitoring Report as a springboard to consider how the Group of 8 summit in Canada in June could … Continue reading →

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72 million reasons to join 1GOAL’s campaign for education

Posted on 18 March 2010 by EFA Editor

By Adrian Lovett, chair of the 1GOAL campaign committee Congratulations Kevin Watkins and UNESCO. This site will change the world. A decade or so ago when we were building the Jubilee 2000 campaign to drop the debts of the poorest … Continue reading →

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THE FUNDING GAP, 1: The G-8 needs to stick to its promises

Posted on 17 March 2010 by Kevin Watkins

Last year, leaders of the G-8 group of rich countries made a bold promise to the world’s children: No country seriously committed to Education for All, they said, would be thwarted in its achievement because of lack of resources. Impressed? … Continue reading →

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THE FUNDING GAP, 2: How donors can meet their pledges

Posted on 17 March 2010 by Kevin Watkins

In 2000, rich countries promised that no country seriously committed to achieving Education for All by 2015 would be thwarted because of lack of resources. The promise has been repeated at every summit for the past decade, but projections in … Continue reading →

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THE FUNDING GAP, 3: Innovative financing

Posted on 17 March 2010 by Kevin Watkins

Projections in this year’s Education for All Global Monitoring Report show that on current trends, 56 million children will still be out of school in 2015. Donors need to stop talking and start delivering on their education aid promises – … Continue reading →

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Global “push” is needed to meet Millennium Development Goals, aid officials say

Posted on 17 March 2010 by EFA Editor

At Agenda 2010 in London on Thursday, a conference hosted by Britain’s Department for International Development, development officials said world leaders must accelerate efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 and rich countries must make good on promises … Continue reading →