Publication: Achieving Universal Primary Education by 2015 : A Chance for Every Child
Date
2003
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Published
2003
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Abstract
A number of countries committed
themselves to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), aimed
at eradicating extreme poverty, and improving the welfare of
people by the year 2015. The book assesses whether universal
primary education can be achieved by 2015. The study focuses
on the largest low-income countries that are furthest from
the goal, home to about seventy five percent of the children
out of school globally. By analyzing education policies, and
financing patterns in relatively high-performing countries,
the study identifies a new policy, and financing framework
for faster global progress in primary education. The authors
use a simulation model to show how adoption of this
framework, could accelerate progress in low-income
countries, currently at risk of not reaching the education
MDG. The study however, makes it clear that worldwide
attainment of universal primary education by 2015, will
necessitate an even stronger combination of political will,
deep and sustained reform, faster dissemination of best
practices, and intensified financial effort than has been
marshaled to date.
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Citation
“Bruns, Barbara; Mingat, Alain; Rakotomalala, Ramahatra. 2003. Achieving Universal Primary Education by 2015 : A Chance for Every Child. © Washington, DC: World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15121 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”