Tag Archives: Finance

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

Drawing links between economic status and education outcomes from ASER 2019

Posted on 27 March 2020 by GEM Report

By M. Afzan Munir Economic well-being affects a child’s education achievement in multiple ways. Studies have shown that a family’s socioeconomic status positively contributes not only towards a child’s educational attainment, but towards their academic performance as well. ASER Pakistan … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Equity, Finance, Inclusion, Non-state actors, Uncategorized | Tagged equal education, equality, equity, Finance, Inclusion, Non-state actors, Pakistan | 1 Comment

What are the financial implications of the coronavirus for education?

Posted on 24 March 2020 by GEM Report

How long is a piece of string? You might be asking, looking at the question this blog is asking. And to some extent, you’d be right. In these early days of the outbreak, it is as yet unknown how long … Continue reading →

Posted in Economic growth, Finance, Out-of-school children, Uncategorized | Tagged coronavirus, covid19, Finance, financing, out of school | 2 Comments

Private sector participation in education: where it occurs, and why

Posted on 24 February 2020 by GEM Report

By Antoni Verger, Adrián Zancajo, Clara Fontdevila The privatization of basic education is a global phenomenon, growing in all corners of the world. As a pre-cursor to a larger discussion on this issue to be featured in the 2021 GEM … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance, private schools, private sector, privatisation, Uncategorized | Tagged 2021 GEM Report, Finance, financing, private schools, private sector, privatisation | Leave a comment

Private supplementary tutoring: a global phenomenon with far-reaching implications

Posted on 13 February 2020 by GEM Report

By Mark Bray, Centre for International Research in Supplementary Tutoring (CIRIST), Faculty of Education, East China Normal University, and UNESCO Chair in Comparative Education, The University of Hong Kong. The GEM Report team is much to be applauded for focusing … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Non-state actors, private sector, privatisation, Quality of education, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, Finance, private education, private sector, private tutoring | 1 Comment

Education Progress – the GEM Report’s new online interactive tool exploring progress made towards SDG 4

Posted on 24 January 2020 by GEM Report

To mark International Education Day, the Global Education Monitoring Report has launched a new online interactive tool, Education Progress. Available in seven major languages, the site brings together data from various producers, notably the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, to explore … Continue reading →

Posted in access, data, Equality, Equity, Finance, Learning, monitoring, Quality of education, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged access, equity, Finance, learning, monitoring, quality, SDG 4 | 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 →

Posted in Aid, Finance, Uncategorized | Tagged aid, aid effectiveness, aid to education, Finance, humanitarian aid | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Aid, Finance, Uncategorized | Tagged aid, aid to education, Finance, remittances | 1 Comment

New Financing for Sustainable Development Report argues “action is needed at all levels” including on education

Posted on 4 April 2019 by GEM Report

The 2019 Financing for Sustainable Development Report (FSDR) of the Inter-agency Task Force, whose fourth edition was released today, reviews the global financing landscape to make recommendations for governments. It puts special emphasis on the five Sustainable Development Goals under … Continue reading →