EI studies
EIRI/Council of Global Unions study: Global Corporate Taxation and Resources for Quality Public Services
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Publications
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung: Fixing Finance is Not Enough
A text based on the discussions of the 2011 conference on rising inequalities and the need for a sustainable international financial system is divided into four sections: that of political challenges, that of the linkages between inequality, the state of multilateralism and the financial crisis, that of embedding social policies in financial ones, and that of the challenges that inequality places on development. This text aims to discuss the social and financial consequences that these four interlocking issues will have, both domestically and internationally.
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ETUI Study: Exiting from the crisis - towards a model of more equitable and sustainable growth
The European Trade Union Institute’s collaborative compilation of articles examines a wide range of issues such as: monetary and fiscal policies, short and long-term employment statistics, different economic growth development models, labour markets and standards, etc., as they pertain to different regions around the globe. Joseph Stiglitz kick starts Exiting from the crisis… with his preface, “Any economic system has to be graded on its ability to provide sustainable increases in well-being to the vast majority of its citizens …” He goes on to point out that, “We may have pulled back from the brink at which we stood in the fall of 2008, but we are not out of the woods…”
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ActionAid-EI Education Financing Toolkit
This is a toolkit for establishing a strong system that will finance education regardless of country to origin or cultural background. These guidelines seek to help responsible countries end their lack of funding for education whether by domestic or international pressure. Action Aid and Education International, together with several other contributing sources, seek to point out and provide the resources to support that Education is an essential tool, and that together we can unite under the common goal of an equal and fit education to be available for every individual.
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Policy briefs
The facts in the fiction: Public private partnerships in education
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Wrong policies at the wrong time: Impacts of IMF policies on national education budgets and teachers
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Multinational corporations and tax evasion: Global corporate taxation and resources for quality public services
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Posters
Don't freeze my future! Don't let education pay for the crisis
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Education is a right, not a privilege - don't let education pay for the crisis!
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Class Size Matters - Don't let education pay for the crisis!
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Videos
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Carol Bellamy (GPE): Investing in EFA and the post-2015 agenda
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Australia: Mobilisation through the "I Give a Gonski" Campaign (Angelo Gavrielatos, AEU)
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NEA President Dennis Van Roekel: Making the voice of teachers heard
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Campaigns we support
- Campaign for the Future of Higher Education (CFHE)
- PSI's Quality Public Service Charter
- Regulate Global Finance Now!
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Blogs we read
- EFA Global Monitoring Report World Education Blog
- International Trade Union Confederation's Financial Crisis Unions' Watch
- José Campos Trujillo's (FECCOO) 'La educación, clave del progreso' (Education: Key to Progress) (Spanish only)
- Letters between Diane Ravitch and Deborah Meier 'Bridging Differences' on Education Week
- Paul Krugman Op-Ed column for the New York Times
- From Poverty to Power (Duncan Green, Oxfam)