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Category Archives: Finance
2014 – a year of reflection
2014 was a year spent reflecting on past achievements in education and their implications for international policy commitments in 2015 and beyond. Our blog remained a popular online hub and the year’s most frequently read posts reflect key topics of … Continue reading
Peshawar and the war against education
By Bushra Rahim Many children and youth in conflict zones are being injured, killed, kidnapped, recruited and traumatized. Armed conflict negatively impacts children’s access to school, and interrupts the studies of enrolled students. As we look forward to implementing a … Continue reading
Posted in Conflict, Finance, Human rights, Out-of-school children, Uncategorized
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Our finance data tip for post-2015: We need to know who is financing what, where, and when.
In August this year, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commissioned an Independent Expert Advisory Group (IEAG) to come up with key recommendations necessary to bringing about a data revolution in sustainable development. Among the 9 key principles now being proposed are … Continue reading
BRICS: A new force on the international education stage
This blog by Elizabeth Fordham, Education Specialist, UNESCO, lays out the key findings of a new report looking at the changing balance of education power in the world as a result of the growing influence of the five major emerging … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Economic growth, Employment, Finance, Latin America, Quality of education, Skills, technology
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The new education targets still need fine-tuning
The next few days are crucial for putting finishing touches on the sustainable development goals (SDGs) before they are handed over to the group who will work on the text at September’s United Nations General Assembly. Large substantial changes are likely to … Continue reading
A great step forward for transparency as the GPE plans to report to OECD
Last week the GPE organized its second Replenishment Conference. High-level attendance and pledges were clear indications that the GPE is becoming an ever more important institution in international education. This blog celebrates the news that the Fund will soon start … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Donors, Finance
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Domestic revenues will need to be mobilised to realise the 2014 GPE pledges
The Global Partnership for Education brought together governments and donors at its Replenishment Conference in Brussels last week. While donors fell short of the $3.5 billion target, governments stepped up to the mark. These governments will now need to work … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Donors, Finance
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Aid to education has fallen by 10% since 2010
A new EFA Global Monitoring Report policy paper, Aid reductions threaten education goals shows that aid to education has been on a downward spiral since 2010, putting the achievement of existing and future global education goals at risk. With 250 … Continue reading
We must shelve our hopes for aid to education from Australia
The news that Australia’s aid budget will be cut by 10% over the next two years is worrisome for education financing. Ausaid is now closed and development has been merged into its foreign affairs and trade ministries. Combined, these two … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Donors, Finance, Primary school, Secondary school
Tagged finance, humanitarian aid
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Seeking a common global aspiration for education
The Global Education for All Meeting, which took place this week in Muscat, Oman, was the last major international gathering to help shape a post-2015 agenda before next year’s World Education Conference in Incheon, Republic of Korea. The meeting aimed … Continue reading
