At home and abroad, the European Union is praised by many for its unwavering commitment to the promotion of quality education.
In the field of global development, the 28-member bloc is one of the Global Partnership for Education’s most reliable and generous donors, and its total funding for education is slated to reach a colossal 4.5 billion euros ($5.1 billion) by 2020.
This year marks the first European Year for Development, and with the month of February dedicated to the theme of education, Devex decided to dig deeper into the numbers to uncover where the EU directs most of its bilateral assistance for education.