Monitoring Education Financing: Building Evidence to Strengthen Public Education Systems
The Education Financing Observatory (EFO), launched by the Global Campaign for Education in 2021, provides a platform to monitor, analyze, and advocate for stronger education financing systems. Through tracking key indicators like GDP allocation, national education budgets, and equity measures, the EFO generates data to inform policy and advocacy. The initiative fosters an evidence-based collective analysis from the movement’s perspective, on how these indicators have evolved since 2000, offering important insights as we approach 2030.
Highlights
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Eswatini’s recent data shows that, in 2024, the country allocated 6% of GDP to education
Eswatini’s recent data shows that, in 2024, the country allocated 6% of GDP to education—above the regional average and reaching the global 6% target set in…
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Understanding the Cost of Quality Education in Brazil — BCRE Technical Note
After years of political advocacy and social mobilization, the Cost of Quality Education per Student (CAQ) has been incorporated into Brazil’s Federal Constitution, marking a historic…
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Profound inequalities in investment per student
The absolute disparities between OECD countries and the rest of the world remain staggering. On average, OECD countries invest ten times more per student than low-income…
How the EFO Tracks Education Financing
The Education Financing Observatory (EFO) uses a twofold approach: it tracks key financing indicators across countries since 2000, while also featuring national analyses by GCE members. Together, these perspectives combine broad, comparable evidence with locally grounded insights and policy recommendations.