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Category Archives: Millennium Development Goals
72 million reasons to join 1GOAL’s campaign for education
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
THE FUNDING GAP, 1: The G-8 needs to stick to its promises
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
THE FUNDING GAP, 2: How donors can meet their pledges
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
THE FUNDING GAP, 3: Innovative financing
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
Posted in Aid, Donors, Innovative financing, Millennium Development Goals
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Global “push” is needed to meet Millennium Development Goals, aid officials say
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
Posted in Aid, Conflict, Donors, Millennium Development Goals, Poverty
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Britain underlines support for education as “the best route out of poverty”
DFID, the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development, has released its new education strategy for 2010-2015, which is closely aligned with the Education for All goals: “In the last decade the number of children out of school has dropped from … Continue reading
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Tagged Education for All, Global Monitoring Report
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