Remarks at Education Conference, Brussels, May 2, 2007 / Paul Wolfowitz
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: World Bank E-Library Archive | Speeches of World Bank PresidentsPublisher: Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2007Description: 1 Online-RessourceDOI: DOI: 10.1596/31260Online resources: Summary: Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank, spoke about Education for All being at the forefront of the development agenda. He spoke about four pillars to improve the education: (i) More aid: Education for all; (ii) Better aid: Quality of education that ensure the financial resources to align behind developing countries polices and strategies; (iii) Faster aid: New aid instruments and aid delivery mechanisms need to be used to ensure that resources are channeled fast to the local levels, where they are most needed; and (iv) Long-term predictable aid: Developing countries cannot develop comprehensive sector-wide strategies without being able to rely on foreign aid for more than 2 or 3 years. Moving forward, the World Bank will continue to expand our support for countries with good policies and help them build capacityPPN: PPN: 1774304945Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-WBANo physical items for this record