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Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Indicator 4.b.1: Volume of official development assistance flows for scholarships by sector and type of study

Not Applicable in the local context

Foreign policy, including official foreign aid, in the United States, is under the purview of the federal government.

This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from City of Los Angeles statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Angeleno statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Angeleno-specific metadata information.

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This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name

Volume of official development assistance flows for scholarships by sector and type of study

Indicator number

4.b.1

Target name

By 2020, substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States and African countries, for enrolment in higher education, including vocational training and information and communications technology, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and other developing countries

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4.b

Global indicator description

Volume of official development assistance flows for scholarships by sector and type of study

UN designated tier

1

UN custodian agency

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

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