Resources
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PEHRC’s resource hub brings together key evidence on the challenges faced by our public education systems globally, including the privatisation in and of education, for policymakers, researchers and education advocates.
Key Resource on the Right to Education
The Abidjan Principles
The Abidjan Principles are a tool for governments, courts and education advocates to defend education as a human right.
Developed through extensive consultations across five continents, the Principles clarify States' obligations to provide public education and to regulate private actors.
Resource Library
In Whose Interest? The UK’s role in privatising education around the world
Type: Research
Author(s): Initial research carried out by Mark Curtis
Publisher(s): Global Justice Now & National Education Union
Language(s): English
In sheep’s clothing: Philanthropy and the privatisation of the ‘democratic’ state
Type: Research
Author(s): Antonio Olmedo & Carolina Junemann
Publisher(s): Education International (EI)
Language(s): English
Public Good or Private Wealth? Universal health, education and other public services reduce the gap between rich and poor, and between women and men
Type: Briefing & Policy Papers
Author(s): Chan et al.
Publisher(s): Oxfam
Language(s): English, French, Spanish, Arabic
Why Should Tax Justice Be Part of the Solution to Finance Free Good Quality Education? A Multi-country Study: Pakistan, Ghana, Kenya and Uganda
Type: Research
Author(s): Maria Ron Balsera
Publisher(s): A Journal of Comparative and International Education
Language(s): English
Financing education: why should tax justice be part of the solution?
Type: Research
Author(s): Maria Ron Balsera et al.
Publisher(s): A Journal of Comparative and International Education
Language(s): English
Educar, no lucrar
Type: Other
Author(s): Education International Latin America
Publisher(s): Education International Latin America
Language(s): Spanish
From Free to Fee - Are For-Profit, Fee-Charging, Private Schools the solution for the world’s poor?
Type: Research
Author(s): William C. Smith et al.
Publisher(s): RESULTS Educational Fund
Language(s): English
The critical choice in American education: Privatization or public investment? In Global education reform (pp. 131–168). Routledge.
Type: Research
Author(s): Frank Adamson et al.
Publisher(s): Routledge
Language(s): English
Global Education Reform How Privatization and Public Investment Influence Education Outcomes
Type: Research
Author(s): Frank Adamson et al.
Publisher(s): Routledge
Language(s): English
Global Education Reform How Privatization and Public Investment Influence Education Outcomes
Type: Research
Author(s): Frank Adamson et al.
Publisher(s): Routledge
Language(s): English
Profiting from poverty, again: DfID’s support for privatising education and health
Type: Research
Author(s): Mark Curtis
Publisher(s): Global Justice Now
Language(s): English
The Privatisation and the Situation of the Right to Education in Chile
Type: Briefing & Policy Papers
Author(s): Foro Chileno por el Derecho a la Educación
Publisher(s): Foro Chileno por el Derecho a la Educación
Language(s): English
Tax Justice Advocacy Toolkit
Type: Toolkits & Guides
Author(s): ActionAid UK, Tax Justice Network, European Commission, Christian Aid et al.
Publisher(s): ActionAid UK, Tax Justice Network, European Commission, Christian Aid et al.
Language(s): English
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