Developing Countries

All low-income countries which demonstrate serious commitment to achieving universal primary education can receive support from the Fast-Track Initiative. National governments demonstrate their commitment through preparation and implementation of a comprehensive education plan including an adequate level of domestic spending on education, accelerating the pace of enrolling children in school, improving the quality of teaching and learning, and ensuring that students complete a primary education. In return, donors provide financial and technical support, in a coordinated and a predictable manner.

To receive FTI endorsement, a country must have:

  • a poverty reduction strategy or equivalent, and
  • a sound education sector plan, endorsed by in-country donors.

The following countries have joined the Fast-Track Initiative:

[Last update: December 2009]