On Tuesday, Devex President and Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar sat down with Jakaya Kikwete, former Tanzanian president and current chair of the World Bank-hosted Global Partnership for Education, to discuss cuts at the U.S. Agency for International Development and their effect on schooling for children around the world. During the chat, they got into some facts and figures:
$5 billion: That’s the replenishment amount GPE sought last time it fundraised in 2021, and it’s seeking the same amount now for its latest replenishment — which will be cohosted by Italy and Nigeria, Kikwete revealed during the Devex event.
91: The number of countries Kikwete said GPE works in around the world to strengthen national education systems, support the 270 million children globally who are out of school, and ensure priorities such as equal access to schooling for both boys and girls. “In the countries that we have partnerships with, we have to see that there is equal access. If they don't care about equal access,” Kikwete said, “then we have a problem with those countries.”
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