is a senior fellow at the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution

Brookings Institution

The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. One of Washington's oldest think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and...

. He was previously the director and lead author of the UNESCO

UNESCO

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's Education for All Global Monitoring Report

Education for All Global Monitoring Report

Developed by an independent team and published by UNESCO, the EFA Global Monitoring Report is an authoritative reference that aims to inform, influence and sustain genuine commitment towards Education for All.-Background:...

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Academic Background

has a BA in Politics and Social Science from Durham University

Durham University

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. He also has a doctorate from Oxford University. He spent one year in India doing research for his dissertation: “The economics and politics of Indian Nationalism from 1880-1947”.

Career

served as Researcher for the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee (1983). He was then appointed as Head of International Development at the Catholic Institute for International Relations (1987-2001). He also became Head of Research in Oxfam

Oxfam

Oxfam is an international confederation of 15 organizations working in 98 countries worldwide to find lasting solutions to poverty and related injustice around the world. In all Oxfam’s actions, the ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives...

 (1991) where he covered issues such as debt relief, education , social policy and poverty.

In 2000, he was part of the drafting committee for the framework of action and the six Education For All

Education For All

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 goals during the World Education Forum

World Education Forum

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From 2004-2008, he was director of the United Nations Development Program’s Human Development Report

Human Development Report

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. During this time, he directed a total of three reports, from 2005-2008:

• Human Development Report 2007/8

Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world

• Human Development Report 2006

Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis

• Human Development Report 2005

International cooperation at a crossroads: Aid, trade and security in an unequal world
As lead author of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report

Education for All Global Monitoring Report

Developed by an independent team and published by UNESCO, the EFA Global Monitoring Report is an authoritative reference that aims to inform, influence and sustain genuine commitment towards Education for All.-Background:...

 he produced the 2009, 2010 and 2011 reports:

• EFA Global Monitoring Report 2011

hidden crisis: Armed conflict and education

• EFA Global Monitoring Report 2010

the marginalized

• EFA Global Monitoring Report 2009

inequality: why governance matters

Furthermore, he is Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Global Economic Governance Programme at University College

University College, Oxford

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 of the University of Oxford

University of Oxford

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He has participated on the World Economic Forum

World Economic Forum

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 as a discussion leader on the IdeasLab on the Global Redesign Initiative (Values and People) in 2010.
In addition, he is a board member of the Center for Global Development

Center for Global Development

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, UNICEF’s Innocenti Research Centre and the Journal of International Development

Journal of International Development

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. He also has a blog on The Guardian

The Guardian

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/kevinwatkins.

See also

• Education for All Global Monitoring Report
  Education for All Global Monitoring Report
  Developed by an independent team and published by UNESCO, the EFA Global Monitoring Report is an authoritative reference that aims to inform, influence and sustain genuine commitment towards Education for All.-Background:...
  
  
• Education For All
  Education For All
  Education For All is a global movement led by UNESCO, aiming to meet the learning needs of all children, youth and adults by 2015. UNESCO has been mandated to lead the movement and coordinate the international efforts to reach Education for All...
  
  
• Human Development Report
  Human Development Report
  The Human Development Report is an annual milestone publication by the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme .-History:...
  
  

External links

EFA Global Monitoring Report

Mr. Kevin Watkins, Thematic round table on, "Education for the future - Changing needs", High-level Segment 2011 - ECOSOC

Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2011

Interview: Kevin Watkins (EFA-GMR Director)

UN says world leaders must act to stop systematic rape of girls in conflict zones (The Guardian Article)

Kevin Watkin's blog on the Guardian

Kevin Watkins at the Doha Debates (6th of december 2010)

The Human Development Reports

Oxfam