The Report “Innovative Financing for Education: Moving Forward” published in February 2012 is a follow-up to the first 2010 report “2+3=8, Innovating in Financing Education” of the Task Force on Innovative Financing for Education. The 2010 Report presented an initial study of innovative financing mechanisms that could be used for education.
This second report highlights the urgent need to mobilize new resources to overcome inequalities in education and presents an in-depth analysis of certain mechanisms chosen in the first report. The aim is to mobilize the international community, political leaders in particular, on the need to implement innovative financing for education through innovation and the reduction of disparities in education. Progress in achieving MDGs for the education of all boys and girls has been observed since the World Education Forum (Dakar, 2000). Yet, although children have access to primary school, many of them give it up before completing primary education and too many students drop out of school without gaining basic knowledge of reading, writing and arithmetic. Consequently, the quality of teaching has become a major educational issue.