How does the GPE Multiplier work?
The GPE Multiplier works alongside other sources of external funding. It can be invested as a grant or used to lower the interest rate on concessional lending from multilateral development banks or bilateral donors. It can also work alongside other, non-traditional sources of development finance, including private capital.
Any funding secured through the Multiplier adds to the other GPE grants a country can access, including the system transformation grant and the Girls’ Education Accelerator grant.
All GPE-eligible countries are able to access a Multiplier grant under the GPE 2025 strategy on a first come, first serve basis.
Securing an allocation
Countries secure allocations by submitting an expression of interest (EOI) confirming the type and level of cofinancing and the role of the GPE Multiplier in mobilizing new and additional financing for education.
The GPE Multiplier incentivizes low-income countries to leverage new and additional financing from external sources such as sovereign donors, multilateral and regional development banks, development partners and private sector and philanthropy.
- $1 from the GPE Multiplier leverages $1 from the private sector and foundations (the GPE Match).
- $1 from the GPE Multiplier leverages $3 from sovereign donors.
- $1 from the GPE Multiplier leverages $4 through SmartEd.
This funding should align to the priorities selected by national authorities and their partners.
- Updated requirements: The sector-level requirements to access Multiplier financing are assessed according to 4 areas:
- equity, efficiency and volume of domestic finance
- sector planning, policy and monitoring
- data and evidence
- sector coordination.
The GPE Secretariat works closely with partner countries to assess their status and ambition in these areas, and how they intend to address the identified challenges.
When applying for a Multiplier grant, a country can prepare a partnership compact (focusing on a sector diagnostic/selection of priority reform) or base its application on an existing national sector strategy.
Allocations for 2021-2025
| Allocation ceiling | Eligible countries |
|---|---|
| Up to US$ 50 million | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Congo, Dem. Rep., Egypt, Arab Rep., Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Vietnam [18] |
| Up to US$ 40 million | Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Nepal, Niger, Senegal, Somalia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Rep., Zambia [18] |
| Up to US$ 30 million | Benin, Burundi, Cambodia, Guinea, Haiti, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Zimbabwe [10] |
| Up to US$ 15 million | Bolivia, Central African Republic, Congo, Rep., El Salvador, Honduras, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Liberia, Mauritania, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, Togo, Tunisia, West Bank and Gaza [16] |
| Up to US$ 5 million | Belize, Bhutan, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Dominica, Eritrea, Eswatini, Fiji, Gambia, The, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Kiribati, Lesotho, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Fed. Sts., Mongolia, Moldova, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu [29] |