This blog was written by David Levesque, Independent Education Adviser and ex-DFID Senior Adviser. After 50 years working in international education and development policy, I conclude that where you stand depends on where you sit. Whether and how fast the world is developing depends on your perspective, based on sitting assumptions and paradigms. These form […]
This blog written by David Archer, Head of Participation and Public Services at ActionAid, and UKFIET Trustee. It was originally posted on the ActionAid website on 12 November 2018. Hundreds of activists from the education movement around the world are gathering this week in Nepal for the World Assembly of the Global Campaign for Education […]
This blog was written by Catherine M Jere, school of International Development, University of East Anglia, and member of the UKFIET Executive Committee Despite tremendous progress in enrolment over the last 15 years, current estimates indicate that, globally, close to 265 million children and youth are out of school. Half of these – approximately 133 […]
The first draft of the report of the International Panel of Social Progress (IPSP), “Rethinking Society for the 21st Century“, is now out! We welcome comments on the online platform https://comment.ipsp.org/ Please comment, circulate and advertise widely. The report is a product of a two-year international initiative. It is the first comprehensive synthesis of state-of-the-art […]
The UK Government has released a new aid strategy. That is, a government-wide strategy for aid, not a DFID strategy. The potential advantages and disadvantages of this have been raised elsewhere, as has the stress on “the national interest” throughout the document (see www.cgdev.org/blog/uk-putting-its-own-interests-ahead-poor-its-new-aid-strategy and http://www.simonmaxwell.eu/blog/the-new-uk-aid-strategy-comments-and-questions.html). However, here the focus is on what it means […]
