Africa’s Education Financing Challenge
Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Saul/Zilkha Rooms, The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC
Student enrollment and expenditures per student have been on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa over the past decade. Yet, financing gaps still exist for achieving universal quality education throughout the region, especially in countries with strong demographic pressures. Many African countries are facing a dilemma of how best to balance scarce resources and the growing demands to improve education quality for their children and youth.
On April 27, the Center for Universal Education and the Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings will host a discussion of the state of education financing in sub-Saharan Africa. Albert Motivans of UNESCO’s Institute for Statistics will present the main findings of a new report "Financing Education in sub-Saharan Africa," which focuses on the new challenges related to expanding access, equity and quality education. Shantayanan Devarajan of the World Bank and Brookings Senior Fellow Jacques van der Gaag will provide commentary, and Senior Fellow Mwangi Kimenyi, director of the Africa Growth Initiative, will moderate the discussion.
REGISTER: http://www.brookings.edu/events/2011/0427_africa_education.aspx
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