Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 02/2010

How reform of the Fast Track Initiative should lead to a Global Fund for Education

January 2010

Oxfam Publishing

Abstract

Remarkable progress has been made in the last ten years toward achieving the education-related Millennium Development Goals. Many more girls are in school and enrolment rates are on the rise, due to higher-quality aid and to political commitment in developing countries. However, these achievements could be derailed by the global economic crisis, newly falling aid levels, and educational challenges.