International Financing
Malawi: Invest in education, Mutharika urges developing world – allAfrica
President Peter Mutharika on Sunday said unless the developing world prioritized investment in education, it would continue to move in a vicious cycle of poverty. “And the vicious cycle of poverty can only be broken by having inclusive and quality education for...
There is no doubt. A #learninggeneration calls for a financial upheaval
The International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity released their Report this weekend. It sounds the warning bell on the need for greater financing for education. Released just weeks after our latest GEM Report, it should help get donors and...
Variations on the impact bond concept: Remittances as a funding source for impact bonds in low- and middle-income countries
As the world comes to grips with the scope and ambition of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), one theme continually rises to the surface: financing. The figures are daunting, at a scale that is difficult to comprehend. According to the World Investment Report...
Smart education investments can solve the global learning crisis by Amel Karboul – Medium
Across the world, more than 260 million children are currently not in school. And for those who are lucky enough to go to school, the unfortunate reality is that many of them are not actually learning. Instead, they end up receiving an education that doesn’t prepare them with the skills they need to succeed in life.
Unos 263 millones de niños y jóvenes no van al colegio y 25 millones nunca fueron a clase – Europa Press
Unos 263 millones de niños y jóvenes no van al colegio y 25 millones nunca fueron a clase.
The education breakthrough that matters, by Julia Gillard – Medium Bright
Bitter conflict, increasing radicalization, the mass movement of people, growing inequality, climate change, sluggish global economic growth. In a world beset by seemingly insurmountable problems, it can be hard to know where to start to bring about change for the better.
Gordon Brown reveals why education for all could end child labour, extremism and gives the young hope – The Mirror
These photographs show that the children’s stories of 2016 have no Happily Ever After. Bloodied bodies in ambulances. The faces of kidnapped schoolgirls. Little lifejackets washed up on the shore. Tiny hands taught to hold weapons. Aching limbs walking halfway around...
UN chief urges global support for plan to unlock biggest expansion of educational opportunity in history (UN News Centre)
For too long, quality education has been accessible to the privileged few, but as people become more interdependent, quality education and lifelong learning must be available to all, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.
