Eric Postel: Domestic Revenue Mobilisation for Education
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08 September 2014
Eric Postel, Assistant Administrator at USAID, outlines why it is so important developing countries continue to increase spending on education in domestic budgets. He also explains two projects supported by USAID designed to prevent children being made to choose between going to school and providing for their families.
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On the topic of getting kids into school, the Bolsa FamÃlia (Family Purse) is is a very successful program that was instituted in Brazil. It is in Portuguese...
http://www.caixa.gov.br/programas-sociais/bolsa-familia/Paginas/default…
... but you can get a perspective from the Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolsa_Fam%C3%ADlia
Very well worth the time and money.