1. Challenges for the Optimal Allocation of Aid: Should MDG Priorities be More Prominent? Christopher Colclough University of Cambridge

3. UK aid to education 2005/6 and out-of-school children

4. Out-of-school children and UK aid to education 50 64.7 % of Global total 308,473,321 76800.0 Global Total 154,401,686 49674.6 Totals 9,815,850 148,119 1,016,017 2,225,297 97,885,160 1,935,727 2,404,221 5,478,318 19,798,722 13,694,255 8109.6 6512.0 6463.0 5555.0 4583.0 3615.0 2562.0 1425.0 1326.0 1288.0 1271.0 1226.0 1223.0 1172.0 1129.0 1126.0 1089.0            * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Nigeria 4 DR Congo Pakistan 5 China India Ethiopia Sudan Saudi Arabia Niger Afghanistan 7 Burkina Faso Kenya Cote D'Ivoire Mali Ghana Somalia 6 Mozambique 4 DFID bilateral spending on education 05/6 Out-of-school children (000) 2004 PSA country Low income country Scaling up country Countries

5. UK aid to education 2005/6 and out-of-school children (excl. India)

6. NERs and per capita income 2005

7. Primary education: pupil/teacher ratios and survival to the last grade, 2001

8. UK aid to education and NER/survival rates

9. Priorities for the allocation of education aid, based upon different ‘needs’ criteria Out of school ranking Ranking on Index 2 Index 2 ranking Nigeria 1 4 DR Congo DR Congo 2 1 Somalia Pakistan 3 3 Pakistan China 4 36 Nigeria India 5 26 Chad Ethiopia 6 9 Afghanistan Sudan 7 25 Niger Saudi Arabia 8 31 Guinea Bissau Niger 9 7 Ethiopia Afghanistan 10 6 Burkina Faso Burkino Faso 11 10 Cote D’Ivoire Kenya 12 34 Mozambique Cote D’Ivoire 13 11 Mali Mali 14 13 Burundi Ghana 15 22 Eritrea

10. DFID aid to education vs NER/survival/gender (Index 1)

11. DFID aid to education vs NER/survival/gender and out-of-school (Index 2)

12. DFID aid to education vs Index 2 (countries receiving DFID support only)

13. Total and UK aid to education compared