03 Jun 2016
Humanitarian Aid for Refugee Education: Why More is Needed By Aaron Benavot
By Aaron Benavot, Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCO, Paris
Conflict in all its forms has taken a huge toll on education systems. While ... Read More
01 Jun 2016
Refugees, Displaced Persons and Education: New Challenges for Development and Policy By Kenneth King
By Kenneth King, Editor NORRAG News.
>>NORRAG NEWS 53 on ‘Refugees, Displaced Persons and Education’ – is now online
The greatest humanitarian emergency ... Read More
18 May 2016
The Education Cannot Wait Fund: Imperfect, but a Great Start in an Imperfect World By Robert Palmer
By Robert Palmer, University of Nottingham and NORRAG.
The Education Cannot Wait Fund is a positive step in the right direction, but is ... Read More
09 May 2016
Weak Institutional Capacity: A Growing Barrier to Reaching the Education Sustainable Development Goal in sub-Saharan Africa By Birger Fredriksen
By Birger Fredriksen, Results for Development Institute.
A blog posted on April 27th on NORRAG NEWSbite reflected on the massively increased funding that ... Read More
27 Apr 2016
Funding Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Can the Momentum be Maintained During the Current Economic Slowdown? By Birger Fredriksen
By Birger Fredriksen, Results for Development Institute.
The impact of good quality education on a country’s economic growth is now quite well understood. The ... Read More
18 Feb 2016
Emerging Donor Finance to Technical and Vocational Education and Training By Robert Palmer
By Robert Palmer, NORRAG.
Anyone that has tried to explore the nature of DAC donor support to technical and vocational education and training ... Read More
02 Feb 2016
Why the Syria Donors Conference Matters Globally By Hiba Salem
By Hiba Salem, University of Cambridge.
With Syria entering its sixth year of conflict, the Syria Donors Conference – scheduled for 4th February ... Read More
05 Nov 2015
Without a Proper Financing Plan, Let’s Kiss the Education SDG Good Bye By Charles Aheto-Tsegah
By Charles Aheto-Tsegah, National Council for /Curriculum and Assessment, Ghana.
Special gratitude to Burnett and Upadhyay for drawing attention to the essential but ... Read More
28 Nov 2013
Building Basic Human Capital in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by 2030: A Huge but Feasible Funding Challenge
By Birger Fredriksen, Consultant, formerly World Bank.
To build the basic human capital covered by the six EFA goals is an indispensable development ... Read More
14 Oct 2013
Funding Global Public Goods in the Education Sector: A Growing Challenge
By Raymond Wanner and Birger Fredriksen, Members of IIEP’s Governing Board.
The importance of the issues dealt with by this year’s United Nations ... Read More