Tag Archives: finance

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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Too little, too late: the cost of aid delays

Posted on 5 August 2010 by Kevin Watkins

Lives are being lost needlessly because of an aid system that favours crisis response over prevention By Kevin Watkins, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report from The Guardian, August 2, 2010 Last year, a militia attacked 12-year-old … Continue reading →

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