Category Archives: Millennium Development Goals

Budget cuts, aid and American national security

Posted on 2 March 2011 by Kevin Watkins

Français | Español  By Kevin Watkins, director, Education for All Global Monitoring Report There’s nothing quite like a fiscal crisis to secure the triumph of short-termism over the long-term national interest. The United States stands to gain a great deal from … Continue reading →

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Aid donors get an F for education

Posted on 2 March 2011 by Kevin Watkins

Français | Español Poor people understand the power of education to transform lives – yet education receives just 2% of humanitarian aid By Kevin Watkins, director, Education for All Global Monitoring Report If you want to see iron resolve in action, … Continue reading →

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THE HIDDEN CRISIS: ARMED CONFLICT AND EDUCATION

Posted on 1 March 2011 by EFA Editor

Français | Español | العربية The 2011 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, The hidden crisis: Armed conflict and education, is launched today at 10 a.m. in New York by Irina Bokova, director-general of UNESCO, with simultaneous launches in a dozen other locations, … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Basic education, Conflict, Developing countries, Donors, Human rights, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Poverty, Refugees and displaced people, Sexual violence | 4 Comments

Education failures fan the flames in the Arab world

Posted on 23 February 2011 by EFA Editor

Français | Español | العربية By Kevin Watkins, director, Education for All Global Monitoring Report No one could have predicted that, in the space of a few months, the death by self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old Tunisian struggling to … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Democracy, Developing countries, Governance, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Primary school, Secondary school | 20 Comments

‘Lies, damn lies and statistics’

Posted on 23 October 2010 by Leila Loupis

By Leila Loupis, communications manager, Education for All Global Monitoring Report Français | Español ‘Lies, damned lies and statistics’ – one of Mark Twain’s favourite lines, even if he didn’t coin it himself – may not have been heard much at … Continue reading →

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L’éducation en Afrique 50 ans après les indépendances

Posted on 15 October 2010 by Nicole Bella

In our second post for francophone readers, Nicole Bella, policy analyst on the Education for All Global Monitoring Report team, looks at the progress of education in Africa since 17 countries gained their independence in 1960, and the challenges that … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Developing countries, Early childhood care and education, Finance, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals | 8 Comments

Youngest minds need the best care

Posted on 27 September 2010 by Anaïs Loizillon

By Anaïs Loizillon, researcher, Education for All Global Monitoring Report When world leaders met in New York last week to reaffirm their commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, the United Nations launched its new Global Strategy for … Continue reading →

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Let’s keep our promise to the world’s children

Posted on 16 September 2010 by Kevin Watkins

Every child knows that you shouldn’t break a promise. Yet governments are on the brink of breaking a Millennium Development Goal promise made to the world’s children – the promise of a decent quality basic education for all by 2015. … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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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