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Desmond Bermingham

Recent Research

Reviving the Global Education Compact: Four Options for Global Education Funding

Former Visiting Fellow

Education; Aid Effectiveness; Institutional reform; Education in fragile States

Desmond Bermingham was a visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development from January 2009 to September 2009. At CGD, he conducted research on aid effectiveness and education that included the lessons learned from his previous years as the head of the Education for All–Fast Track Initiative (FTI) Secretariat at the World Bank. After leaving CGD, Bermingham became the director of Save the Children’s education global initiative.

New Popular CGD Publications Selected Works

Reviving the Global Education Compact: Four Options for Global Education Funding - Feb 11, 2010

In this essay, visiting fellow Desmond Bermingham describes the framework for a better “global education compact” between donor and recipient nations and four possible arrangements to mobilize and allocate development assistance for education. He highlights the advantages and disadvantages of...
We Don't Need No Education? Why the United States Should Take the Lead on Global Education - Mar 2, 2009

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and U.S. President Barack Obama are both committed to boosting funding for global education. CGD visiting fellow Desmond Bermingham, the former head of the Education for All–Fast Track Initiative, offers suggestions about making the most of additional U.S....
Desmond Bermingham Describes His Research on the Fast Track Initiative (Interview) - Feb 19, 2009

In this short video, Center for Global Development visiting fellow Desmond Bermingham discusses his research on the Education for All -- Fast Track Initiative.

Reviving the Global Education Compact: Four Options for Global Education Funding - Feb 11, 2010

In this essay, visiting fellow Desmond Bermingham describes the framework for a better “global education compact” between donor and recipient nations and four possible arrangements to mobilize and allocate development assistance for education. He highlights the advantages and disadvantages of...
We Don't Need No Education? Why the United States Should Take the Lead on Global Education - Mar 2, 2009

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and U.S. President Barack Obama are both committed to boosting funding for global education. CGD visiting fellow Desmond Bermingham, the former head of the Education for All–Fast Track Initiative, offers suggestions about making the most of additional U.S....
Desmond Bermingham Describes His Research on the Fast Track Initiative (Interview) - Feb 19, 2009

In this short video, Center for Global Development visiting fellow Desmond Bermingham discusses his research on the Education for All -- Fast Track Initiative.

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Reviving the Global Education Compact: Four Options for Global Education Funding - Feb 11, 2010

In this essay, visiting fellow Desmond Bermingham describes the framework for a better “global education compact” between donor and recipient nations and four possible arrangements to mobilize and allocate development assistance for education. He highlights the advantages and disadvantages of...
We Don't Need No Education? Why the United States Should Take the Lead on Global Education - Mar 2, 2009

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and U.S. President Barack Obama are both committed to boosting funding for global education. CGD visiting fellow Desmond Bermingham, the former head of the Education for All–Fast Track Initiative, offers suggestions about making the most of additional U.S....

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Non-CGD Publications

Bermingham, D. (2007), Education for All - The Fast Track Initiative: A Better Way to Achieve the Education Goals Paper presented at the EFA: Progress, Challenges and Strategies Vienna, Austria
Bermingham, D. (2008), The Education for All Fast Track Initiative: The formation of a new global partnership for education. 2002 – 2007. London: Institute of Education