International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity

"[7] To conduct its own study and develop recommendations, the Education Commission established a set of research hubs and network of expert advisers focusing on various pieces of investigation.

To address the learning crisis, the Commission proposes what it calls "the largest expansion of educational opportunity in modern history."

"[16] To achieve the learning generation goal, the Commission report proposes four education "transformations" to increase investment and improve efficiency and impact: Performance.

Adopt "progressive universalism" in education to target resources to maximize inclusion of all children regardless of gender, background, or socioeconomic status, and tackle the broader factors that impact learning.

"We might not see children dying in the streets because of a lack of a quality education, but the long-term impacts are just as consequential," Commission member and Fundación Chile President Patricio Meller wrote.

"[21] The Learning Generation report was presented to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on September 18, 2016, coinciding with the 2016 United National General Assembly meeting.

The Secretary-General received the report positively, calling it "a major piece of research and analysis" and saying it "points to education as the most powerful investment we can make in the future; a fundamental driver of personal, national and global development.

[26] In a joint opinion piece published on CNN immediately following the G20, Commission Chair Gordon Brown and Commissioner Shakira Mebarak said: "The G20's support for the proposed International Finance Facility for Education means new money tied to real results in children's lives.

This pact between countries that are willing to invest and reform, and an international community eager to take action, proves cooperation is alive and well.

"[27] And speaking with CNBC Africa, Commission member and former President of Tanzania Jakaya Kikwete described the G20's endorsement of the proposed International Finance Facility for Education as "a big step forward.