Letter to the World Bank re Education Quality Reform in Afghanistan (EQRA) project

Re: Education Quality Reform in Afghanistan (EQRA) project Dear Vice Presidents Dixon and Sennhauser, I am writing on behalf of Human Rights Watch to update you on our research and to raise urgent issues regarding the World Bank’s funding for girls’ education in Afghanistan. We are specifically interested in the Education Quality Reform in Afghanistan (EQRA), which we expect will be reviewed by the World Bank board this summer. EQRA will be the third World Bank education project in Afghanistan since 2001, following EQUIP 1 and EQUIP 2. With an anticipated US$300 million budget, it will play a major…

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