Tag Archives: funding

What role do foundations play in education?

Posted on 29 October 2019 by

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 →

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What next for the Global Partnership for Education after a transformative replenishment?

Posted on 9 February 2018 by

By David Archer The Global Partnership for Education replenishment event, co-hosted by President Macron and President Macky Sall on 2nd February in Senegal, was a landmark moment for education financing. Over $2 billion were pledged by donors for the GPE’s … Continue reading →

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What is at stake at the GPE Financing Conference?

Posted on 1 February 2018 by

The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 3rd replenishment conference (February 1-2) aims to confirm significant increases in commitments from partner countries and donors – old and new – in order to ensure that all children and youth are in school … Continue reading →

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Results based financing in education: is it a challenge to aid effectiveness?

Posted on 1 February 2018 by

On the occasion of this week’s Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Financing Conference held in Dakar, Senegal, the GEM Report has released a new policy paperon results-based financing (RBF) in education, a financing modality being promoted strongly by some donors. … Continue reading →

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Evaluating GPE’s self-evaluation

Posted on 25 September 2017 by

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 →

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Donors and countries are not pulling their weight in funding education

Posted on 20 September 2017 by

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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Poor quality learning assessments are crumbling under the weight of the decisions they inform

Posted on 25 July 2017 by

By Rachel Outhred, Education Consultant, Oxford Policy Management Much of the recent international discussion regarding the measurement of learning outcomes globally has been driven by the need to monitor Sustainable Development Goal 4 – ‘to ensure inclusive and equitable quality … Continue reading →

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How would education suffer without aid from the USA?

Posted on 10 March 2017 by

Last week, White House officials said that President Trump would increase military spending by $54 billion, taking funds from domestic programs and foreign aid to pay the bill. What would a total cut of all USA aid for education mean? … Continue reading →

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Global health funds have done a lot of good. Is there room for a “global fund” for books?

Posted on 13 January 2017 by

By Paul Wilson, Assistant Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health at Columbia University. Books, especially textbooks, are critical to learning, as we have been reading in the latest blog series on this site, but they are in grievously short … Continue reading →

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