Education for All: a compact for Africa

• the mobilisation through a combination of debt relief and increased aid of around $2bn per annum for ten years to achieve free and universal good quality basic education for all girls and boys
• the redesign of IMF-World Bank adjustment programmes to ensure that they are consistent with the achievement of education for all
• national governments mobilising an additional $1.6bn through increased revenue collection and more equitable patterns of public investment
• the strengthening of national poverty reduction strategies through more effective and equitable budget management and stronger accountability to and participation of civil society organisations
• measures to combat the devastating effect of the AIDS epidemic on educational demand, supply, and quality

Available on the WWW are:

• Position paper
• Briefing for UK government
• Media report
• Education now campaigning materials