More and better education in developing countries

COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT dated Feb. 2010.

The purpose of this Staff Working Document is to map the challenges to more and better education in developing countries and to explore how European Member States and the Commission can more systematically interpret and operationalise the European development policy framework under the Lisbon Treaty1 to address these challenges.

The document has informed the EU's contribution to the debate on education and the MDGs in preparation for the MDG Review in September 2010.