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Evaluacion del proyecto ‘Toward the Respect of Economical, Social and Cultural Rights in Guatemala’

01/05/2007

1 documents

42 pages long

Languages: Spanish

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El proyecto se propuso impulsar el cumplimiento de los DESC a traves del monitoreo y la fiscalizacion de la sociedad civil en el proceso de elaboracion y auditoria del presupuesto, con enfasis en los sectores tierra, salud y educacion. En materia de impacto, las acciones comunicacionales y de relacionamiento, se propuso sensibilizar a la opinion […]

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Briefing paper

Paying for People: Financing the skilled workers needed to deliver health and education services for all

22/04/2007

4 documents

Languages: English, French, German, Spanish

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Education financing

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Millions of people are dying, sick, or out of school because there are not enough teachers, nurses, and doctors in poor countries. Some poor-country governments have doubled expenditure on health and education since 2000 but still cannot afford to pay for these workers, so aid must plug the gap. But current aid is failing poor […]

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Evaluation report

Evaluation of Community-Based Rural Livelihoods Programme in Badakhshan, Afghanistan

01/08/2006

2 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam GB implemented a three-year community-based rural livelihoods programme in Shahr-I-Buzurg and Yawan Districts of Badakshan province, beginning in 2003. The programme sought to reduce the vulnerability of poor people by integrating livelihoods, health, education, gender and governance. An external, final evaluation was commissioned to assess the impact of the programme and to provide recommendations […]

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Evaluation report

Evaluation Synthesis: Strategic Evaluation of Oxfam GB’s Education Programme

01/12/2005

1 documents

70 pages long

Languages: English

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This evaluation was tasked with looking at the impact of Oxfam GB’s programmes, at local, national and international level, on target groups, participation and partnership, gender and finance issues, and country government and international policies. It was also tasked with evaluating Oxfam GB’s model of change and considering future directions for the education programme. It […]

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Briefing paper

Undervaluing Teachers: IMF policies squeeze Zambia’s education system

27/09/2004

1 documents

23 pages long

Languages: English

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Zambia is a country on the brink. One in 5 people are infected with HIV, life expectancy has dropped to 33 years and young people aged 20-25 actually have less education than their parents’ generation. Therefore, the achievement of Zambia’s new government in getting more children into school holds out a critical glimmer of hope. […]

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Briefing paper

Education for All Fast Track: The No-Progress Report

11/09/2003

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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The EFA Fast Track Initiative is a ground-breaking compact between rich and poor countries, which aims to close the education financing gap in countries that implement far-reaching reforms. In April 2003, the World Bank’s Development Committee requested a progress report on the FTI in time for their meeting in Dubai. They will not get one, […]

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Briefing paper

Education for All: Fast track or slow trickle

05/06/2003

1 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

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Education financing

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Finance and Development Ministers meet in Washington later this week at a time when the international community seems more divided than ever. The Spring Meetings provide an opportunity to bring the world together behind an unstoppable drive to educate all the world’s children. Currently 115 million children are out of school. Last year the international […]

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Briefing paper

Education for all in Niger: Rich countries continue to neglect Africa’s children

01/01/2003

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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On 25 March senior aid officials will meet in Paris to take decisions that will dramatically affect the lives of millions of children around the world in countries like Niger. The government of Niger is committed to tackling the education crisis in a country where 1.3 million children have never been to school. But rich […]

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Briefing paper

Window of Opportunity: Why fast track funds must be released now

23/09/2002

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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Education financing

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The Fast Track compact has created a window for radical change in some of the poorest countries in the world — change that would bring millions of children into schools and permanently transform the structure of human capital in these countries. To keep that window open, it is vital that donors release funds to get […]

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Briefing paper

Every Child in School: A challenge to finance and development ministers

08/04/2002

1 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English

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Education financing

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125 million children are out of school, and there are nearly one billion illiterate adults. In a rapidly globalising world, the costs of excluding so many from the economic and political opportunities associated with education are rising sharply, and threaten growing instability. At the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF, the world’s Finance […]

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