Tag: Education Finance

De-mystifying the black box of results-based financing programmes: What works?

by Divya Nambiar and Phalasha Nagpal | Mar 27, 2024 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Finance

Oxford Policy Management’s symposium titled, Results-based financing (RBF) in the education and skills development sectors: Perspectives from academia, policy, and practice, at the UKFIET 2023 conference, addressed the a number of questions. Read More

Planning, finance, technology and data – interview with convenors of UKFIET conference theme

by Sally Rosscornes and Ellen Smith | Feb 15, 2023 | 2013 UKFIET Conference, Finance

Interview with theme convenors of one of six 2023 UKFIET conference themes, ‘Planning, finance, technology and data’: Sally Rosscornes, UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, and Ellen Smith, Aga Khan Foundation. Read More

Adequate resourcing is needed for states to fulfil Human Rights obligations

by Maria Ron Balsera | Dec 9, 2022 | Aid and Finance, Finance

On the eve of the international Human Rights Day, this blog highlights the necessity for adequate financing to ensure that human rights can become a reality for everyone. Education is a fundamental human right for everyone. Yet this right is still not a reality for millions and is violated every… Read More

Lessons from a school leadership improvement pilot in Uganda

by Juliet Kotonya and Geeta Gambhir | Oct 14, 2021 | Teachers

This blog was written by Juliet Kotonya, Research Manager, and Geeta Gambhir, Researcher at the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER). It was originally published...

How can we sustainably increase domestic financing of public education systems to enable developing country governments to achieve SDG4?

by Maria Ron Balsera | Sep 14, 2021 | 2021 UKFIET Conference, Finance

This blog was written by Dr. Maria Ron Balsera, Tax and Education Alliance Coordinator, ActionAid, ahead of a session at the UKFIET Conference on 16 September 2021 12:30-14:00pm...

Build Forward Better: how to prepare now to respond more effectively to crises’ impact on education

by Bushra Zulfiqar and Emma Wagner | Sep 8, 2021 | Education in Emergencies

This article was written by Bushra Zulfiqar, Global Education Director & Emma Wagner, Head of Education Policy & Advocacy, Save the Children. It was originally published...

Funding for global education must move away from neo-colonial aid

by Julia Sánchez and David Archer | Aug 11, 2021 | Critique, Finance

This blog was written by ActionAid International’s Julia Sánchez, Secretary General, and David Archer, Head of Participation and Public Services. They share their...

Leaders must fund education or risk breaking their promises on girls’ education

by Anya Cowley and Chiara Damen | Jun 17, 2021 | Girls' Education

This blog was written by Anya Cowley, Education Adviser & Chiara Damen, International Advocacy and Policy Coordinator from Save the Children based in the UK and Italy. ...

Can the Global Education Summit start to address the huge shortfall in public financing for education?

by David Archer | May 26, 2021 | Aid

This article was written by David Archer, Head of Participation and Public Services, ActionAid International and published on the ActionAid website on 17 May 2021. On 28 and 29th...

How can reading by age 10 fix the learning crisis?

by Hollie Warren | May 13, 2021 | Learning, Literacy and Numeracy

This blog was written by Hollie Warren, Head of Education at Save the Children UK. It was originally published on the Save the Children website on 26 April 2021. Before the...

School reopening and education system recovery: insights from the latest international evidence

by Rachael Fitzpatrick, Anna Riggall and Astrid Korin | Dec 14, 2020 | Learning

This article was written by Rachael Fitzpatrick, Astrid Korin and Anna Riggall from Education Development Trust – authors of the new report: An international review of plans and...

Humanitarian aid funding still failing education

by Asma Zubairi and Pauline Rose | Nov 25, 2020 | Aid, Education in Emergencies

This blog was written by Asma Zubairi, PhD student, and Pauline Rose, Director of the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre at the University of Cambridge. It...