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Bob Prouty EFA FTI Secretariat CIES Gender Symposium March 18, 2008

Recent Developments in Financing for Education in Low-Income Countries: Implications for Girls and Women. Bob Prouty EFA FTI Secretariat CIES Gender Symposium March 18, 2008. Outline. Trends for coordination of financial support to education sector plans Gender implications

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Bob Prouty EFA FTI Secretariat CIES Gender Symposium March 18, 2008

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  1. Recent Developments in Financing for Education in Low-Income Countries: Implications for Girls and Women Bob Prouty EFA FTI Secretariat CIES Gender Symposium March 18, 2008

  2. Outline • Trends for coordination of financial support to education sector plans • Gender implications • Trends in domestic financing for education in low-income countries • Gender implications • Trends in external financing for education in low-income countries • World Bank trends as a precursor? • Gender implications • Trends in girls’ enrollment

  3. The FTI Compact Low-income countries: • Prepare sound national education plans • Allocate adequate share of the national budget to education Donors: • Mobilize additional resources • Make aid more predictable Goal: • Accelerated progress toward universal learning

  4. Gender Implications of FTI Processes • Opportunity to ensure gender lens applied to preparation of ed sector plans by national governments • Opportunity to ensure consistent approach and support by donor partners • Risk that non-primary sub-sectors will receive less

  5. Domestic Financing Trends • GMR 2008 reports a mixed picture • Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia performing well • 9 of 14 LICs with >1% increase in share of GNP for education are FTI-endorsed

  6. FTI Countries pay most of the education bill themselves Typically, in FTI countries 70 to 80% of education costs are financed domestically

  7. Relationship between Education Expenditure and Primary Completion in FTI Countries

  8. Gender Implications of Domestic Financing Trends • Sustainability • If it is to be sustainable over time, it will need to be included in government budgets and supported through domestic resources • Effectiveness • Increased financing, coupled with solid policies, leads to more girls completing school

  9. External Financing for Education in Low Income Countries

  10. Education Aid Flows in Low Income Countries

  11. Girls’ Education Lending, IDA

  12. ODA to Basic Education in Low-Income Countries as a Percentage of GNI

  13. Share of Education and Basic Education in ODA Disbursements from DAC Countries to Low-Income Countries in 2005

  14. Leveraging policy change? • FTI countries show increased hours of schooling • FTI countries lower repetition rates much faster than others, with high PCR gains • FTI countries that have abolished user fees see faster PCR gains Source: FTI Annual Report 2007

  15. A Shift in IDA Financing—Primary as % of Total Education Credits • 1990-94 42 • 1995-99 45 • 2000-2004 46 • 2005-2007 29

  16. Emerging Trends: IDA CreditsSecondary vs. Primary • 1990-94 23 % • 1995-99 19 % • 2000-04 19 % • 2005-07 57 %

  17. Gender Issues Linked to External Financing Trends • How to ensure predictable financing • How to protect financing for primary • How to ensure shift toward secondary gives due attention to gender issues • How to finance marginalized populations • How to increase financing, and spread it more evenly among donors • How to leverage positive change on gender issues

  18. Girls’ Access Trends--Primary • 1990-94 from 77% GER to 78% • 1995-99 from 78% GER to 80% • 2000-05 from 81% GER to 99%

  19. Male and Female GER—Upper Secondary

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