UN Millennium Development Library: Toward Universal Primary Education: Investments, Incentives and Institutions

ISBN-13: 9781138471894 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 204 str.

Un Millennium Project

Opis

The UN Millennium Project was commissioned by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to develop a practical plan of action to meet the Millennium Development Goals. This title presents the recommendations of the UN Millennium Project Task Force on Education and Gender Equality.

Spis treści

Task force members -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Millennium Development Goals -- Executive summary -- Part Setting the stage -- Chapter-1 The task force’s contribution -- Task force methods -- Audience and organization of the report -- The contribution of the task force -- Chapter-2 Education and society: multiple benefits, unrealized potential -- Education is society’s main instrument for reproducing itself and can be a key ingredient for social change -- Education is an end in itself and has tremendous benefits for individuals and society -- The benefits of education are conditioned by the context -- Chapter-3 The Goals and the history of goal-setting in education -- A host of factors affect enrollment and retention rates -- Learning achievement needs to be measured -- Conclusions and future prospects -- Part Education systems in developing countries: income, institutions, and incentives -- Chapter-5 Education systems in developing countries -- High-performing educational systems can achieve results even with limited resources -- Countries with low-performing systems need to address a variety of governance problems -- Conclusion -- Chapter-6 Strategies for creating more and better educational opportunities -- Strategy : get out-of-school children into school -- Strategy : create better institutions, increase transparency, and provide better incentives -- Chapter-7 Financing the education Goals -- Part . Forging an international compact for education: roles and responsibilities of donors and developing countries -- Chapter-8 A global compact for basic education -- Chapter-9 What donors should do -- Recommendation : support bold political leadership and provide firm financial commitments to make Education for All and the Fast Track Initiative work -- Recommendation : reform the donor business -- Recommendation : use a transparent accountability framework for reporting -- Recommendation : invest in genuine evaluation -- Chapter-10 A call to action -- Appendixes -- Appendix-1. Commissioned papers for education report -- Appendix-2. Summary of the civil society e-discussion on the education report of the Task Force on Education and Gender Equality -- Appendix-3. Success stories in policy interventions toward high quality universal primary education -- Appendix-4. Data issues -- Appendix-5. Major initiatives that promote the Millennium Development Goals on education and gender equality -- Appendix-6. Need for postprimary education -- Notes -- References.

O autorze

Millennium Project, UN