Tag Archives: global partnership for education

Teachers who are running countries

Posted on 13 April 2018 by klinkinsunescoorg

Mokgweetsi Masisi, a former teacher and education minister, has just been sworn in as Botswana’s fifth President. On appointment, Masisi said that young people, who make up 60% of the population, were the country’s future leaders and the country would … Continue reading →

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Tracking of aid to early childhood development needs to improve

Posted on 12 April 2018 by klinkinsunescoorg

This blog was written by Asma Zubairi, a researcher at REAL Centre at the University of Cambridge. How much do donors spend on early childhood development? This is the key question for our new report for Theirworld Just beginning: Addressing … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 9 February 2018 by GEM Report

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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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 →

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What is at stake at the GPE Financing Conference?

Posted on 1 February 2018 by GEM Report

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 GEM Report

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 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 →

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Are We Ready for the new Sustainable Development Goals?

Posted on 22 September 2015 by GEM Report

By Alice Albright, Chief Executive Officer of the Global Partnership for Education. This blog is part of a series of last minute reflections before a new education goal is set in stone.    For several years now, we in the development … Continue reading →

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Currents and counter-currents at the World Education Forum

Posted on 29 May 2015 by Aaron Benavot

By Aaron Benavot and Manos Antoninis The 2015 World Education Forum (WEF) took place last week at the Incheon Free Economic Zone, Republic of Korea. Set among impressive glass skyscrapers built on reclaimed land, the choice of venue was symbolic … Continue reading →

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