Apr 17, 2019
About Us Delivering results: The Education Commission and progress towards SDG 4 The International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity has inspired action and delivered results on the promise of Sustainable Development Goal 4 – inclusive and equitable...
Jan 8, 2019 | In the Media
photo: STARS/Kristian Buus From the article: “The Education Commission Learning Generation report delivered a stark warning: if nothing changes, by 2030, 825 million young people – roughly half of the young generation today – would reach adulthood without the...
Dec 4, 2018 | In the Media
Credit: GPE/ Kelley Lynch From the article: “In 1848, republican revolts against European monarchies ended in failure and repression. The year was said to be a turning point at which history failed to turn. Almost certainly 2018 will mark a similar turning...
Nov 12, 2018 | Updates
By Liesbet Steer, Director of the Education Commission During the UN General Assembly in September, the UK Secretary of State for International Development challenged countries participating in the Commission’s Make Impossible Possible event to develop a final design...
Nov 12, 2018 | In the Media
This opinion editorial was written by former Finance Minister of Nigeria Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and originally appeared in German in Frankfurter Rundschau. For decades, Germany has been a leader in improving health and combating poverty in Africa, Asia, and beyond....
Oct 16, 2018 | Updates
We are in the midst of a global learning crisis. This is the clear message from recent major reports: According to the World Bank’s 2018 World Development Report on learning, “hundreds of millions of children reach young adulthood without even the most basic life...
Sep 24, 2018 | Updates
Coauthored by the Center for Global Education at Asia Society, Results for Development, Teach For All, The Boston Consulting Group, and World Innovation Summit for Education “A new paradigm in global development is needed to sustain the progress of the last...
Sep 20, 2018 | In the Media
Photo: Carolina Valenzuela/GPE From the article: “When world leaders gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly next week, the contrast between the rhetoric of co-operation and the reality of division will be stark. While the 2018 General...
Sep 18, 2018 | In the Media
Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images From the article: Long-term educational and employment needs have historically been severely undervalued in humanitarian planning. But, as much as refugees need proper food, shelter, and health care today, they also need the knowledge...