Class of 2007Indicators Indicator 4: Focusing on the poorest countries where girls most lack access to education Measured by the percentage of aid to education going to the poorest countries, and to those countries where the gender disparity in primary enrolment is starkest The poorest countries in the world are those most dependent on aid financing for investments in education. This year, we refined the indicator by focusing only on Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Low-Income Countries (LICs) to test donors’ commitment to helping those most in need. To examine the record of rich country support to achieving gender equity in education, we also mark their performance in funding the countries with the greatest gender disparity in primary enrolment. Table 4: Focusing on the poorest countries where girls most lack access to education
Grading: A: 18 to 20 marks B: 15 to 17 C: 10 to 14 D: 6 to 9 E: 3 to 5 F: 0 to 2
Country
% of aid to % of aid to education in education countries with Total in poor Marks out gender disparity = Marks marks Grade countries of 10 or < 80% out of 10 out of 20 (A-F)
Denmark
66.1
6
54.8
10
16
B
United Kingdom
98.6
10
13.1
3
13
C
Italy
54.0
3
36.8
9
12
C
Portugal
97.3
10
6.2
1
11
C
Finland
91.6
10
4.8
1
11
C
Belgium
67.7
6
18.6
4
10
C
Ireland
86.0
10
2.4
0
10
C
Canada
75.9
8
7.0
1
9
D
New Zealand
81.2
9
0.0
0
9
D
Switzerland
40.6
1
30.2
7
8
D
United States
50.8
3
23.9
5
8
D
Sweden
63.6
5
13.6
3
8
D
Norway
79.9
8
1.4
0
8
D
Luxembourg
67.6
6
4.7
1
7
D
Greece
30.2
0
24.3
6
6
D
Netherlands
45.9
2
16.6
4
6
D
Germany
41.1
1
10.0
2
3
E
France
29.1
0
9.4
2
2
F
Australia
49.8
2
1.1
0
2
F
Japan
33.0
0
5.2
1
1
F
Spain
22.8
0
1.7
0
0
F
8.9
0
1.3
0
0
F
Austria
Sources: OECD CRS database, Table 2 UNICEF: The State of the Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Children, 2007 Table 8
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