Make or Break: IMF’s new lease on life must benefit Education for All

The Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) are a ‘make or break’ moment for whether the G20 deal will benefit the millions of children and adults struggling to get an education, according to a new policy report from the Global Campaign for Education (GCE). “Education on the Brink” shows that without significant changes to the IMF architecture and removal of conditionalities, the poorest nations will remain unable to lift themselves out of recession. Education systems will be left to languish without desperately-needed funds and the teacher workforce, already squeezed, is likely to face further pressure. The future of millions of children and illiterate adults now rests on whether the new cash injection given by the G20 to the IMF is accompanied by a substantive overhaul of m
Joint briefing on literacy and education in West Africa


New Report 'From closed books to open doors: West Africa's literacy crisis'.
This paper draws attention to the fact that West Africa has the lowest literacy rates in the world, and some of the the need to improve formal and non-formal education in the region. The paper was jointly authored by ANCEFA, Pamoja West Africa, the African Platform for Adult Education, Oxfam International and ActionAid.





Paper: Global Fund for Education for All
This new paper entitled "The next generation: why the world’s children need a Global Fund for Education For All" lays out the argument for and principles of a new Global Fund for Education for All. The paper outlines GCE's position on what a Global Fund for Education For All should deliver and forms the basis of our on-going advocacy work.





New Report 'From closed books to open doors: West Africa's literacy crisis'.

This paper draws attention to the fact that West Africa has the lowest literacy rates in the world, and some of the the need to improve formal and non-formal education in the region. The paper was jointly authored by ANCEFA, Pamoja West Africa, the African Platform for Adult Education, Oxfam International and ActionAid.



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Queen Rania of Jordan, reads her story to children and announces her role as Honorary Chair of Action Week – The Big Read, in Johannesburg on the 27th March

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Eighth Meeting of the High Level Group on Education for All

16-18 December 2008 Oslo, Norway:

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GCE's 2009 Calendar

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