At the recent IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings, world leaders made clear that additional resources must be sought to improve the delivery of education in emergencies. Officials from major donor countries joined a meeting convened by UN Special Envoy Gordon Brown; Julia Gillard, Board Chair of GPE; Tony Lake of UNICEF; Irina Bokova of UNESCO; and Filippo Grandi of UNHCR. All agreed to establish the Education Crisis Platform.

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