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How the Global Partnership for Education Could Change the World

The United States has supported Education for All by agreeing to two international development frameworks that focus on education.

educationAlthough almost 40 million children returned to school this September in the United States, around the world nearly 70 million children are still denied access to quality education – and more than half of them are girls. Investing in the future of these children is a down payment on a more robust global economy, improved global health outcomes, and a more secure world. Consider that:

Worldwide, 700,000 HIV cases could be prevented each year if all children receive a primary education. Each additional year of schooling reduces a young man’s risk of becoming involved in conflict by 20%. Education increases a person’s wages approximately 10%. For girls, the rate of return for one additional year of primary education is as high as 15%.

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By Andy – January 22, 2012

Is Development Always Possible?

Development work takes as given that its ultimate aims are achievable.

developmentI was recently in London, and one of the joys of that city is the second floor of Foyles bookshop, dedicated to history, international relations, economics and development. Browsing through the books there, I came across an arresting title: The Myth of Development. Written by the Peruvian Oswaldo de Rivero, it poses a startling question: what if the whole concept of development is flawed? What if the countries we refer to as ‘developing’ are not developing and will never develop?

The first part of this question is nothing new: I myself prefer the term ‘less developed country’ (LDC) to ‘developing country’ because the latter implies a progress that may not always be evident. What de Rivero postulates is that this might not be a temporary state, but that these economies will never develop.

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By Andy – January 15, 2012

Why is not eradicated poverty in the world?

If this situation is already frail, even more so, knowing that poor countries are poor societies, but fertile land and rich

It is difficult to understand how poverty is a concept that is reproduced from cycle to cycle with the same issues always consistent regardless of the poor country studied. In 2005, The New York Times wrote a report based on a study by leading economists who had studied the phenomenon of poverty in Bangladesh, the report highlighted as key to poverty levels in one of the world’s poorest countries The fact that only 15% of Bangladesh’s population controls 2 / 3 of land and 85% had nothing. Also, new technologies applicable to the production processes were completely banned for that percentage of the population, and only had access to big capital credit and tools needed to exploit the earth through the use of new technologies.

This situation is repeated in all countries, but there’s more. Let’s talk about foreign aid. The aid from abroad are sold by the military government, the middle class and big business. In conclusion, the report set out the high fertility of the lands of Bangladesh and its potential for a society to feed 3 times higher than today.

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By Andy – January 11, 2012

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