Finance, EFA Global Monitoring Report by

jkander12 — 2015-10-17 20:17:53 UTC

The 2000 Dakar Framework for Action called for significant increase in financial commitment by national governments and donors to the education sector. This marks a strategic shift from the 1990 Jomtien Conference that led to deep cuts in government spending on education and the role of the non-state financing grew.

jkander12 — 2015-10-17 20:50:28 UTC

Local Corruption is a major drain on educational resources. In Nigeria, at least US$21 million of education funding was lost over two years; in Kenya, US$48 million was lost over five years. Numerous studies point to the negative correlation between corruption and the quality of public services, including education. Student dropout rates were five times higher in countries with high levels of corruption than in countries with little or no corruption

jkander12 — 2015-10-17 21:25:33 UTC

Civil Society Organizations (CSO) play an important local role in the allocation of funds:

- increased emphasis on good governance principles through transparency

- curb corruption practices

- advocate for marginalized groups

jkander12 — 2015-10-17 22:16:31 UTC

In the 30% of the 50 lowest income countries, household financing often makes up for the fact that some governments do not spend sufficient resources on education, or that despite being touted as "free", governments often charge a fee to attend public school.

jkander12 — 2015-10-17 22:35:29 UTC

Global Partnership for Education (GPE) is the first global partnership focusing on education in developing countries and has become an important source of external financing for basic education, accounting for 12% of total external aid.

jkander12 — 2015-10-17 22:41:38 UTC

Debt relief increases social spending. Debt relief in Ethiopia allowed increases in spending is the health and education sectors

jkander12 — 2015-10-17 22:45:59 UTC

Scholarships account for one of direct aid to education.

jkander12 — 2015-10-17 22:52:20 UTC

Partnerships between governments, NGO's, CSO's and families can help ensure the provision of good education for the world's most disadvantaged. NGO spending on education indicates their objectives are aligned with EFA goals.

jkander12 — 2015-10-18 00:32:08 UTC

Voice Thread for the Diagram

jkander12 — 2015-10-18 01:11:05 UTC