Report 2009
Overcoming inequality: why governance matters
Despite much progress since 2000, millions of children, youth and adults still lack access to good quality education and the benefits it brings. This inequality of opportunity is undermining progress towards achieving Education for All by 2015.
Who are these individuals and groups? What are the obstacles they face? How can governance policies help break the cycle of disadvantage and poverty? What policies work? Is education reform integrated into the bigger picture? Is the international community making good on its commitments?
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Regional overview | Fact sheet - ar - Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
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Regional overview | Fact sheet - Latin America and the Caribbean
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Regional overview | Fact sheet - Sub-Saharan Africa
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- Aid to Education - Sharp drop in aid to basic education
- The Global Crisis - GMR warns of potential threat to education
- What they are saying - Quotes from Gordon Brown, Ban Ki-Moon, Koichiro Matsuura, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, ...


