A student writes on a blackboard in a classroom at the Loyola Cultural Centre, part of the Centre Esperance Loyola (CEL - Loyola Hope Centre), a West African Jesuit organisation, in Agoe-Nyive, a suburb of Lome (REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi).

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Why Global Education Financing Must Be Part of Europe's Financial Transaction Tax Revenues for Development

May 1, 2013, Sarah O’Hagan and Rebecca Winthrop

Sarah O'Hagan and Rebecca Winthrop discuss the use of Europe's financial transaction tax revenue for development, and argues that the education community should do all it can to ensure that these newly enacted taxes allocate part of their revenues to global education.

  • In the News

    Foreign aid is not always a blessing. Countries in recent years that appear to have received too much aid too soon include Cambodia and Nepal. The record of foreign aid around the world is littered with cases of wasteful and even harmful projects and programs.

    March 15, 2013, Lex Rieffel, The Irrawaddy
  • Interview | Slon

    Russia's Decision to Stop USAID

    September 19, 2012, Fiona Hill

  • In the News

    It should be pointed out that quite a bit of aid goes to settings which are very challenging in terms of governance...we find that some donors that give aid are pretty good at choosing countries that may have relatively high corruption today, but in a few years, we track and see that aid is effective and corruption reduces over time.

    August 9, 2012, Daniel Kaufmann, Voice of America
  • In the News

    [In situations like Egypt, you] will tend to see Congress layering more conditions on how money can be spent when they have concerns about administration strategy. When times are tight like they are now, it’s not surprising you would see increased scrutiny of foreign aid by members of Congress and increased conditionality.

    July 22, 2012, Tamara Cofman Wittes, National Journal
  • Podcast

    @ Brookings Podcast: Food Insecurity in Africa

    June 1, 2012, Mwangi S. Kimenyi

  • Interview | Foreign Affairs

    After the Arab Awakening

    March 23, 2012, Shadi Hamid

  • Expert Q & A

    Africa and the Obama Administration

    August 4, 2009, Ernest Aryeetey

  • Interview | Chicago Public Radio's Worldview

    "Smart Aid" for Africa

    April 7, 2009, Richard Joseph

  • Interview

    What Did the G8 Summit Achieve?

    July 10, 2008, Johannes F. Linn

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