Abrehet Gebremedhin

Teachers implement edu policy. However, teachers' unions are often excluded from formal policy forums. As part of @AcctResearchCtr's Learning Partnership w/ Education Out Loud, @Tauya01 and I met with unions in Zimbabwe to learn how they influence policy. bit.ly/3NenAY4

Citizen monitoring can work in tandem with legislative oversight based on mutually reinforcing agendas. @joyaceron_ph and I discuss the case of Multiply-Ed in the Philippines in this new Accountability Note on how citizens action can boost existing oversight mechanisms.

@aliceiannntn @WorldDevJournal Excellent @aliceiannntn, very timely!

In light of the abrupt shifts in US development policy, what do we know about the consequences of #AidVolatility? Volatile aid is associated with worse institutional outcomes –– especially in highly aid-dependent recipients: @WorldDevJournal #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1016/j.worl…

On this #internationaldayofeducation2025, we celebrate the role of civil society organizations in shaping education policy and share analysis of how that role is changing. Thanks to Education Out Loud, @OxfamDanmark , and the @GPforEducation, our team spent two years learning with and from civil society organizations advocating for the right to education in the global South. 📷 The Role of Civil Society in National Education Policy in the Global South (@AbrehetGG & @nomhossain) sketches the landscape of changing civil society engagement in education policy as civic space in many countries has contracted, and reflects on new actors entering the education policy ecosystem. bit.ly/3S0IAn5 New civil society actors and strategies in education are spotlighted in two briefs and a blog: 📷 Bangladesh's New Generation of Youth-Led Education Civil Society: Prospects for Reinvigorating Education Reform (Naomi Hossain and Rafsanul Hoque) bit.ly/3ONfvdF 📷 Rethinking Reform: The Role of Teachers' Unions in Education Advocacy in Zimbabwe (@AbrehetGG and @Tauya01 ) bit.ly/3NenAY4 📷 Civil Society Advances Education Funding Through Tax Justice and Debt Relief Advocacy (@ihcus7 ) bit.ly/4107IQT Essential insights into national level interactions between civil society and the state in education policy. Image: It's Humanity Foundation's School in a Bus is one of the innovations by the new generation of education civil society actors. Credit: Shaharul Islam #EducationDay2025 #educationday #internationaleducationday

Excellent piece by @nomhossain and Rafsanul Hoque that interrogates our assumptions on the future of youth-led civil society and advocacy reform in education, looking at innovative solutions to improving education quality in Bangladesh. @GPforEducation

Heavy debt burdens in low-income countries divert funds from education. Over 30 GPE partner countries spend half their education budgets on debt repayments. In Nepal, GPE #EducationOutLoud supports tax justice and debt relief advocacy to boost education funding 👇

@EZBreezyT @PettyLupone On the IHeart radio website or app.

@PettyLupone Can someone please point me to where I can see this full interview. Google and YouTube didn’t pull it up for me.

She is COOKING in this interview. 🔥 Y’all said it was a vibes shift and you’m were right. We moved from joyful to warrior. We’re in the trenches now. No games. All focus. She’s gonna win it.

@fhevia @AcctResearchCtr @Tauya01 Thanks, @fhevia! Looking forward to your piece on other non-traditional actors in Honduras!

@AbrehetGG @AcctResearchCtr @Tauya01 Congratulations, @AbrehetGG, great piece

Teachers implement edu policy. However, teachers' unions are often excluded from formal policy forums. As part of @AcctResearchCtr's Learning Partnership w/ Education Out Loud, @Tauya01 and I met with unions in Zimbabwe to learn how they influence policy. bit.ly/3NenAY4

We worked with @ecozim, and spoke with a diverse group of stakeholders at national level teachers' unions such as @zimta01, @ProgressiveOf, and @ARTUZ_teachers as well as gov officials to capture the perspectives both from and about unions and their advocacy agendas and tactics.

Pleased to share an article that I wrote for OECD series on the next frontier of citizen participation. Comments welcome! @jonathanfox707 @AcctResearchCtr @karen_v_brock @FischerMackey @nanis0914 @AbrehetGG @OpenBudgets @OpenGovHub @TAICollab @UNODCCSU @anticorruption @U4_ACRC

Learning from grassroots justice workers about not only to counter repression, but how to advance a deeper version of democracy - a worthwhile read for #IDD2024

@SusannaCampbell Thank you, @SusannaCampbell! Looking forward to us taking this forward.

@SusannaCampbell @karstendonnay @hjswedlund My 2nd panel at #APSA2024 on Saturday is my job market paper on the dynamics of elite cohesion, indoctrination, and mobilization in secondary school access in nondemocracies. Happy to chat about all things education, aid, and Africa!

My 1st panel presentation on Thursday is on the presence of populist rhetoric in aid-recipient countries, with @SusannaCampbell, @karstendonnay, and @hjswedlund. We use large language models to determine the conditions under which African leaders use anti-aid populist rhetoric.

Excited to be on the job market at #APSA2024! I study the politics of education, foreign aid, and Africa. I'm presenting on two panels, including my job market paper. Please reach out if you're hiring in comparative politics, int'l relations, or edu policy abrehetgebremedhin.com

Do education policies shape political inequality?🤔 In our article @cps_journal with @Na_Wehl, we argue & find that they do! doi.org/10.1177/001041… Here's why: 1) schools are important socialization environments: people spend much time there during impressionable years 1/5

@SGarritzmann @cps_journal @Na_Wehl Interesting, thank you @SGarritzmann. I am curious on how those initial education policies that either promote or reduce stratification were formed? Especially for secondary edu, as the policy objective of primary edu should not automatically be assumed to apply to secondary edu

"We need to transform our society [so that] people understand who to hold accountable & actually hold those people accountable." Powerful words from @joyaceron_ph on the reversals this demands & the transformative power of popular education g-watch.org/think-piece/ac…

New article: patterns of #localization in USAID's Colombia program. @jonathanfox707 & @jeffrey_hallock discuss the strengths & limitations of public disclosure of data on US aid & analyze open data on funding priorities & direct local funding levels doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12…

Folks often forgot that access to quality education is hard-won and civil society is on the (risky) front line. @nomhossain, @fhevia and I have written a new blog for the @GPforEducation, informed by our work at the @AcctResearchCtr on the Education Out Loud program.