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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