An article in Inter Press Service (IPS) reports on a proposal put forth by Gordon Brown, former British Prime Minister, for the creation of a Global Fund for Education. Brown made the case for the Fund at the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) in Qatar, and argued that this Fund would allow individuals and organizations in the public and the private sectors to contribute to the goal of universal primary education by 2015. Allan Goodman, president and CEO of the Institute of International Education, remarked: "Improving education needs to be a priority for governments and such a fund would signal that indeed it is."
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