Research
& Policy Papers

CGCE Research Papers

CGCE and its members are conducting research into aid to education and the best ways to provide Education for All. Here is a selection of research and policy papers that CGCE and its members have produced:

NEW! Make it Right: Ending the Crisis in Girls' Education (2011) by Global Campaign for Education and RESULTS Educational Fund

NEW! CGCE Policy Brief: A Snapshot of Canadian Aid to Education (January 2012), by CGCE. Read the full background report: Canadian ODA Directed to Education and Basic Education: A Backgrounder (February 2012) by Brian Tomlinson, AidWatch Canada.

CGCE Policy Platform (2011), CGCE.

CGCE Policy Brief: No Tool for Development More Effective than the Education of Girls (April 2011), by CGCE.

CGCE Policy Brief: Education as the Foundation for Child and Maternal Health (April 2010), by CGCE.

CGCE Policy Brief: Canadian Support for Education for All - Is it in Danger? (March 2010), by CGCE.

CGCE Policy Brief: The G8/G20 and Education for All (November 2009), by the CGCE Government Relations Working Group.

The ODA Accountability Act and the Right to Education. Implications for Canadian Aid to Education. (September 2009) by Kim Kerr, Save the Children Canada, Karen Mundy, OISE/University of Toronto, and Nhung Truong, OISE/University of Toronto. This paper provides a number of recommendations for how Canada should provide Official Development Assistance to Education in light of international human rights standards and Canada's new ODA Accountability Act.
Read the abbreviated policy briefing.

Canadian Aid for Education in Conflict-Affected States, Background Paper for Education for All Global Monitoring Report. (August 2009) by Dr. Karen Mundy, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Universityof Toronto. This paper looks at the experience of Canada’s aid to education in conflict-affected states since 2000. Contact us for a copy. 

Power in Partnerships: A Survey of Canadian Civil Society’s Role in Ensuring Education for All(July 2009), summarizes the findings of a survey of Canadian civil society organizations involved in education programming in the South. It documents the substantial contribution that CSOs are making in programming, learning and advocacy towards meeting the EFA goals.The survey was designed and executed by Nhung Truong and Kim Kerr of Save the Children Canada, and the report was written by Ali Malcolm and Kim Kerr.

Education for All in Conflict-Affected States -- Challenges for Canada. (April 2008) by Karen Mundy, OISE, University of Toronto.

Education Swaps In Africa: Lessons For CSOs(February 2008) by Karen Mundy & Megan Haggerty,University Of Toronto International Forum On Civil Society And Aid Effectiveness, Gatineau, Quebec February 3-6, 2008.

Canadian Aid to Education - the What, Why and How of Education Now(April 2005) by Karen Mundyand Zahra Bhanji,Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto