Tag Archives: aid

Why the world urgently needs a global plan to get all children safely back to school

Posted on 26 August 2020 by GEM Report

By Hollie Warren, Head of Education: Save the Children The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated more than ever that global crises require global solutions. In April, faced with a global health emergency like no other, the international community came together in … Continue reading →

COVID-19 poised to set aid to education back by six years

Posted on 10 July 2020 by GEM Report

English / Español A new GEM Report policy paper released today shows that total aid to education reached its highest ever levels in 2018, the latest available year. However, it estimates that global aid is likely to decline by up … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Uncategorized | Tagged aid, aid effectiveness, aid to education, coronavirus, covid19, Finance, financing, humanitarian aid | 3 Comments

What role do foundations play in education?

Posted on 29 October 2019 by GEM Report

How much are foundations investing in education and where? Who are the main beneficiaries and what difference are they making in education? These are just three of the questions that the GEM Report and the OECD Global Network of Foundations … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Finance, Innovative financing, Uncategorized | Tagged 2021 GEM Report, aid, aid to education, Finance, funding, philanthropy | 2 Comments

Aid to education falls slightly in 2017, shifts away from primary education

Posted on 14 May 2019 by GEM Report

In 2017, aid to education totaled US$ 13.2 billion, down 2% or US$288 million compared to 2016. The figures analysed by our team show that the level of aid to education continue to stagnate, growing by only 1% per year … Continue reading →

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Remittances well exceed aid as the most important external finance source for poor countries: let’s make the most of them

Posted on 16 April 2019 by GEM Report

Next month, the GEM Report will release the breakdown of global aid figures for education in its annual policy paper. But the signs do not look good. ‘Poorest countries bear the brunt as aid levels fall for second successive year’ … Continue reading →

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Aid to pre-primary education: the gap between rhetoric and reality

Posted on 4 April 2019 by GEM Report

By Professor Pauline Rose, Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge Many donors increasingly voice their recognition of the importance of pre-primary education in their education policy, but few are matching their public … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Early childhood care and education, Pre-primary education, Uncategorized | Tagged aid, aid to education, early childhood care and education, pre-primary education, target 4.2 | Leave a comment

DFID announces continued support to the GEM Report and the UIS

Posted on 26 September 2018 by GEM Report

By Sarah Hennell, Department for International Development (DFID), UK The UK is leading the call for 12 years of quality education for all girls and boys. But is it possible to measure the quality of education for all children? Is … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Finance, monitoring, Report, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged aid, data, development, Finance, monitoring | 3 Comments

If education cannot wait, then humanitarian aid needs to increase

Posted on 29 June 2018 by GEM Report

The Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2018 (GHA 2018) was released last week along with UNHCR’s Global Trends Report. Just as there are more people displaced than ever before, levels of humanitarian assistance are also at an all-time high. The GHA … Continue reading →

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Aid to education reached an all‑time high in 2016

Posted on 24 May 2018 by GEM Report

A new policy paper released by the GEM Report shows that aid to education has reached its highest level since records began. Between 2015 and 2016, it grew by US$1.5 billion, or 13%, to a record US$13.4 billion. This is … Continue reading →

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Raising billions of dollars for education in Dakar

Posted on 5 February 2018 by GEM Report

With the curtains of the third Financing Conference of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) in Dakar, Senegal now closed, it is important to remember the context in which it was organized. During the first half of this decade, aid … Continue reading →