Africa: Education On the Brink

30 April, 2009 in Africa, Education

source: allAfrica
AfricaFocus (Washington, DC)
29 April 2009
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Washington, DC — “Investments in education and training were signaled in the G20 Communique as a priority to stimulate the economy – and as a key strategy to get out of the global recession. However, these warm words about education were focused on the G20 countries themselves — and most of the children out of school around the world are in low income countries (LICs).” – Global Campaign for Education

With the International Monetary Fund gaining new prominence and new resources following last month G20 summit in London, debate is intensifying on to what extent promises for reform in the institution are illusory. In a report released last week, the Global Campaign for Education looked at the implications for education, concluding that so far policy changes by the Fund in response to the global recession are more cosmetic than substantive.

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