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Educational Attainment in Afghanistan : An Economic Analysis

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dc.contributor.authorAuturupane, Harsha
dc.contributor.authorGunatilake, Ramani
dc.contributor.authorShojo, Mari
dc.contributor.authorEbenezer, Roshini
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-18T17:13:44Z
dc.date.available2013-11-18T17:13:44Z
dc.date.issued2013-07
dc.description.abstractAfghanistan's ability to enhance its human capital resources will determine the course of the nation's future economic, human and social development. Recognizing this, the Government of Afghanistan is committed to implementing policies aimed at getting children, particularly girls, into the education system. This paper aims to inform this process by investigating a variety of characteristics of children, such as their households, educational facilities, community factors, and spatial variables that are associated with education enrollment in urban and rural Afghanistan. This paper aims to investigate the factors underlying these low school enrollment figures and is structured as follows. Section one reviews previous research in this area. Section two provides a brief description the data and the methodology used in this analysis. In section three authors present the results which are then discussed in section four. In fact this study found that while the availability of appropriate schools is significantly correlated with primary and mid-school enrollment, they have a significant impact only on the enrollment of rural girls in high school. Right now, Afghanistan appears to be in a paradoxical situation: while education and better human capital needs to power economic growth, incomes need to expand to ease the constraints on education enrollment that are currently imposed by economic backwardness. To break out of this circle of constraints against enrollment, policy makers need to aggressively pursue policies that concentrate on easing the economic costs to households of children attending school, while enhancing the supply and quality of the facilities provided.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18090609/educational-attainment-afghanistan-economic-analysis
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/16285
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/16285
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSouth Asia Human Development Sector Discussion Paper;No. 62
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectACCESSIBILITY
dc.subjectAGE GROUPS
dc.subjectARMED CONFLICT
dc.subjectAVAILABILITY OF SCHOOLS
dc.subjectBENEFITS OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH
dc.subjectCHILD LABOR
dc.subjectCOMMUNITIES
dc.subjectCOMPLETION RATE
dc.subjectCOMPLETION RATES
dc.subjectDISABLED
dc.subjectDISABLED CHILD
dc.subjectEDUCATED MOTHERS
dc.subjectEDUCATED PARENTS
dc.subjectEDUCATION CYCLE
dc.subjectEDUCATION FACILITIES
dc.subjectEDUCATION OUTCOMES
dc.subjectEDUCATION STATISTICS
dc.subjectEDUCATION SYSTEM
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL FACILITY
dc.subjectENROLLMENT
dc.subjectENROLLMENT FIGURES
dc.subjectENROLLMENT INCREASES
dc.subjectENROLLMENT OF BOYS
dc.subjectENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN
dc.subjectENROLLMENT OF GIRLS
dc.subjectENROLLMENT RATE
dc.subjectENROLLMENT RATES
dc.subjectENROLMENT RATE
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFEMALE ENROLLMENT
dc.subjectFEMALE ENROLLMENT RATE
dc.subjectFEMALE MEMBER
dc.subjectFEMALE TEACHERS
dc.subjectFORCED MIGRATION
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGENDER DIFFERENTIALS
dc.subjectGENDER DISPARITY
dc.subjectGENDER PARITY
dc.subjectGER
dc.subjectGIRLS
dc.subjectGROSS ENROLMENT
dc.subjectGROSS ENROLMENT RATIO
dc.subjectHIGH SCHOOL
dc.subjectHIGHER EDUCATION
dc.subjectHIGHER ENROLLMENT
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectJOBS
dc.subjectLEVEL OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectLITERATE PARENTS
dc.subjectMIDDLE SCHOOL
dc.subjectMOVEMENT
dc.subjectNET ENROLMENT
dc.subjectNET ENROLMENT RATE
dc.subjectOLD GIRLS
dc.subjectOLDER CHILDREN
dc.subjectONSET OF PUBERTY
dc.subjectPARENTAL EDUCATION
dc.subjectPARENTAL INPUTS
dc.subjectPASS RATE
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectPRIMARY ENROLLMENT
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT
dc.subjectPUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectREFUGEES
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL BOYS
dc.subjectRURAL GIRLS
dc.subjectRURAL WOMEN
dc.subjectSCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subjectSCHOOL CENSUS
dc.subjectSCHOOL WALLS
dc.subjectSCHOOLING
dc.subjectSCHOOLS
dc.subjectSECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOLS
dc.subjectSEVERE DISABILITY
dc.subjectSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSOCIETY
dc.subjectTEACHERS
dc.subjectTEACHING
dc.subjectVIOLENCE
dc.subjectWORKING CHILDREN
dc.subjectYOUNG PEOPLE
dc.titleEducational Attainment in Afghanistan : An Economic Analysisen
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.date.disclosure2013-08-08
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-05T11:36:14.422765Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18090609/educational-attainment-afghanistan-economic-analysis
okr.globalpracticeEducation
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid634891468189862977
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000356161_20130808130634
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum18090609
okr.identifier.report80121
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2013/08/08/000356161_20130808130634/Rendered/PDF/801210NWP0P0890Box0379800B00PUBLIC0.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryAfghanistan
okr.sectorPublic Administration, Law, and Justice :: Central government administration
okr.sectorEducation :: Tertiary education
okr.themePublic sector governance :: Administrative and civil service reform
okr.themeHuman development :: Education for the knowledge economy
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Disability
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Adolescent Health
okr.topicGovernance::Youth and Governance
okr.topicEducation::Education For All
okr.topicEducation::Primary Education
okr.unitEducation (SASED)
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