Category Archives: Finance

Evaluating GPE’s self-evaluation

Posted on 25 September 2017 by GEM Report

This week, the Strategy and Impact Committee of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Board is to meet to discuss, among many issues, the ‘Results Report’, which is the Partnership’s monitoring document; and the ‘Knowledge and Innovation Exchange’ (KIX), the … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Donors, Finance, Uncategorized | Tagged aid, financing, funding, global partnership for education | 1 Comment

Donors and countries are not pulling their weight in funding education

Posted on 20 September 2017 by GEM Report

Today, two events are being held during the UN General Assembly delivering a high-level political call for urgent action on education financing. As the forthcoming GEM Report due out 24 October shows, many countries and donors are not pulling their … Continue reading →

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What matters for education reform? Lessons from the Partnership Schools for Liberia experiment and beyond

Posted on 12 September 2017 by Pauline Rose

Engaging the private sector to overcome the learning crisis is all the rage in global education. This is giving rise to heated debates, as evident from responses to a paper just published on Liberia’s high-profile ‘Partnership Schools for Liberia’ (PSL) … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance, Innovative financing, private schools, private sector, Uncategorized | Tagged private schools, private sector, privatisation | 14 Comments

Making space for more and better aid to education

Posted on 9 June 2017 by GEM Report

By Keith M Lewin The latest policy paper from the GEM Report provides a stark reminder that trends in aid to education mean there is still a long journey to travel to deliver access to quality education for all. Aid … Continue reading →

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How to open doors to higher education for all: Look to the state of New York

Posted on 8 June 2017 by GEM Report

Jim Malatras, President, Rockefeller Institute of Government says that New York’s recent offer of free tuition for state residents is a game changer for making higher education accessible to all. In today’s world, the lack of economic means shouldn’t stifle … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance, higher education, tertiary education, Uncategorized | Tagged higher education, New York, Target 4.3, tertiary education, tuition fees | 2 Comments

The share of aid allocated to education has fallen for the sixth year in a row

Posted on 6 June 2017 by GEM Report

A new GEM Report policy paper, Aid to education is stagnating and not going to countries most in need, shows that the amount of aid allocated to education has been falling for six years in a row. Donors are turning … Continue reading →

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Recess is out for G7 — but promised education report is still missing

Posted on 2 June 2017 by GEM Report

Barry Johnston, Associate Director of Advocacy, Malala Fund Last weekend, the G7 leaders met in Italy. While the burgeoning Trudeau-Macron bromance and Trump’s golf cart jaunt provided some light relief, a more disheartening story unfolded behind the scenes: G7 leaders … Continue reading →