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

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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
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
Target number

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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