Open AccessImplementing Sustainable Development Goal on Education (SDG4) amid Donor Fatigue: Challenges for the Global South
Author(s) -
Paul Kakupa,
Happy Joseph Shayo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advances in social sciences research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2055-0286
DOI - 10.14738/assrj.811.11132
Subject(s) - default , transformative learning , sustainable development , economic growth , political science , face (sociological concept) , global challenges , development economics , covid-19 , business , pandemic , sustainability , summit , economic policy , economics , finance , sociology , medicine , geography , ecology , pedagogy , social science , disease , pathology , biology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , physical geography
This paper critically reflects on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal on education (SDG4) in the Global South amid apparent donor fatigue. It also highlights international observers’ concerns about a huge funding gap in the implementation of SDG4 in the Global South. With the COVID-19 pandemic currently ravaging the world, this funding gap will only widen. In the face of these challenges, low-income countries with a high dependency on aid remain at risk of defaulting on most SDG4 targets. While reflecting on what the decline in education aid might mean for low-income countries, the paper argues that a truly transformative approach can help these countries achieve SDG4 and its sustainability agenda despite funding challenges.