since they were approved before it came into effect on October 1, 2018.294 Overall, one analysis found that the World Bank “has not publicly pushed for the Government [of Bangladesh] to improve its policies that would enable refugees to participate in formal, accredited schooling or to find work.”295 Another important multilateral donor supporting education is the Global Partnership for Education. The right to education is one of the pillars of the partnership’s Charter.9° According to the Charter, governments that receive funding from the partnership are “responsible for the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of ESPs [education sector plans] that promote equitable access to quality education for all” (3.2.2), while “development partners” are responsible to help “ensure the sector plan is evidencebased, of good quality, and focused on equity, efficiency and learning outcomes” (3.3.3.c). In September 2018, the partnership noted “the need to ensure that interventions fulfil the ... education rights of [Rohingya] refugee children and youth” in Bangladesh, but characterized these as “longer-term education rights” that were would require “more time and negotiation amid continuously evolving circumstances and negotiations between Myanmar and Bangladesh,” especially “given high sensitivities” around “curriculum and language.”297 The partnership’s Secretariat recommended the approval of an $8.3 million grant to address Rohingya children’s “urgent needs” because the grant proposal was based on the education cluster’s emergency assessment, and contained an operational plan, and partnership’s funds would not displace other funding.298 These criteria make no reference to the right to education. Proposed Credit in the Amount of $510 Million and a Grant in the Amount of $10 Million to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh,” November 23, 2017, http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/377151513825229495/pdf/BangladeshTransforming-114568-BD-PAD-11292017.pdf (accessed September 23, 2019). 294 Human Rights Watch interview, World Bank education officials, Washington D.C., September 25, 2019. 295 Sarah Charles, Cindy Huang, Lauren Post, Kate Geogh, “Five Ways to Improve the World Bank Funding for Refugees and Hosts in Low-Income Countries and Why These Dedicated Resources Matter More than Ever,” Center for Global Development, November 18, 2018. 296 “Charter of the Global Partnership for Education,” revised June 2019, 1.2(a) (“The Global Partnership for Education’s vision, mission, goals and objective are established in its strategic plans, approved by the Board from time to time. GPE’s guiding principles are: a) Education as a public good, a human right and an enabler of other rights. [etc.]” https://www.globalpartnership.org/sites/default/files/2019-06-gpe-charter_o.pdf (accessed September 2, 2019). 297 Global Partnership for Education, “Application for accelerated funding for Bangladesh,” Grants and Performance Committee Meeting September 17, 2018, GPC/2018/09 DOC 02, Annex 2, p. 12, https://www.globalpartnership.org/sites/default/files/gpc-2018-09-doc_o2_-_bangladesh_accelerated_funding_proposal- en_no_pd.pdf (accessed July 29, 2019). 298 Ibid, p. 7. 73 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | DECEMBER 2019