Results-based Financing
5 reasons why the International Finance Facility for Education is a smart answer
By Liesbet Steer and Pedro Alba In response to Owen Barder and Andrew Rogerson: The Center for Global Development (CGD) recently posted a blog that presented several misconceptions about the establishment of the International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd)....
Germany can lead the way to prepare the world’s next generation (Frankfurter Rundschau)
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....
We face a catastrophic learning crisis around the world – but we can fix it (Huffington Post)
From the article: Between 2001 and 2016, the number of children in school around the world rose by 243 million, or approximately 20 percent. This is fantastic news. Tens of millions of more children today have access to a basic education and many of these are learning...
Sharing the future by building better education systems (Brookings)
From the article: William Gibson, the lauded science fiction novelist, is credited with the saying: “The future is already here. It’s just not evenly distributed yet.” Like far too many other profound and attributed quotes, no one seems to be able to pin down whether...
Pakistan’s education financing—a glass half empty? (Geo.tv)
From the article: On March 28, 2014, the Prime Minister of Pakistan Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif publicly announced his commitment to raise the education budget to 4% of the GDP by 2018. His commitment was later reinforced when he endorsed the proposals of Gordon Brown,...
#WEFAfrica17: Education crisis ‘the civil rights struggle of the day’ (IOL)
From the article: Durban – Tanzania’s former president, Jakaya Kikwete, on Wednesday said the education crisis in Africa was today’s civil rights struggle, and called on leaders in the developed and developing worlds to act urgently. Kikwete was speaking at the World...
Q&A: Julia Gillard on raising funds for the Global Partnership for Education (Devex)
From the article: Devex caught up with Julia Gillard, chair of the GPE — a partnership and funding platform that aims to strengthen education systems in developing countries — to find out more about the in-country results it has seen, the future of global aid spending...
Gordon Brown: Global education is ‘the civil rights struggle of our time’ (Devex)
From the article: Speaking exclusively to Devex, Brown said high borrowing costs often meant governments were reluctant to prioritize education spending. “Currently, developing country governments have to borrow to pay for the education — from development banks at...