The centrality of education, by Yuriko Koike
“Education can make a difference, even amidst chaos and strife.” Commissioner Yuriko Koike tells us how.
Education Financing
Getting teenage mothers back to school
The story of a young Zambian girl inspires Youth Panelist Hellen Griberg to make the case for education as a good investment for teenage mothers
An earthquake in education funding, by Justin W. van Fleet
Education Commission Director Justin W. van Fleet makes the case for education in emergencies financing and looks ahead to the World Humanitarian Summit later this month where a visionary EiE fund will be announced
Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on education issues
Education Commission Chair Gordon Brown sat down with CCTV to discuss why “Education is, in a sense, the key to everything else that we are trying to do to relieve poverty, to deal with health inequalities, to tackle the environment and to build stronger economies.”
How small scale solutions really make a difference
African Educational Trust’s Lynn Davies on education in emergencies and the need to interrupt the “relentless cycles of conflict”
Aftermath of Nepal earthquake has become a man-made fiasco, by Gordon Brown
The Nepal earthquake is one more reminder of why the world needs an education in emergencies fund
Starting a financing movement: the Education Commission at the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings
As part of the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, the Education Commission hosted a series of events designed to engage global leaders and harness the week’s momentum to generate new solutions to financing education.
New education partnerships to support young Syrians hit by conflict and crisis
WorldBank/IMF Spring Meetings week sees groundswell for education in emergencies platform
How results-based financing can help achieve the SDGs: dealing with a refugee crisis
World Bank REACH Program Manager Peter A. Holland on financing education and achieving the SDGs
Scenes from the Ministers of Finance & Development Roundtable on Education
On Friday, April 15, 2016, Finance Ministers and Commissioners of The Education Commission, gathered around to discuss financing education around the globe. See highlights from our Twitter feed.