Category Archives: Economic growth

Education for All: Three New Year’s wishes

Posted on 5 January 2012 by Pauline Rose

By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report As the 2015 deadline for the Education for All goals fast approaches – and the global economic crisis threatens to slow progress – here are the three things … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Basic education, Donors, Economic growth, Employment, Equality, Equity, Governance, Group of 20, Innovative financing, Literacy, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Skills, Youth | 7 Comments

EU review says need for skills is urgent

Posted on 22 December 2011 by Andrew Johnston

Another strong argument for the importance of developing young people’s skills –the subject of the forthcoming 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report – comes from a new review by the European Commission, which warns that the recession has made … Continue reading →

Posted in Developed countries, Economic growth, Employment, Equality, Governance, Innovative financing, Marginalization, Post-secondary education, Poverty, Secondary school, Skills, Training, Youth | Leave a comment

Skills are the key to fighting inequality, OECD says

Posted on 5 December 2011 by Andrew Johnston

A new report from the OECD argues that focusing on skills – the subject of the forthcoming 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report – is essential to combat rising wage inequality, which traps many people, especially the young and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Arab States, Developed countries, Developing countries, Early childhood care and education, Economic growth, Employment, Equality, Equity, Governance, Marginalization, Skills, Training, Youth | 1 Comment

G20 leaders need to speak out for education and skills

Posted on 14 November 2011 by Pauline Rose

By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report With the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals and the Education for All goals just four years away, some questions about the future of global development efforts are … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Developing countries, Donors, Economic growth, Employment, Finance, Governance, Group of 20, Innovative financing, Millennium Development Goals, Skills, Training, Youth | 5 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