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Sri Lanka : Attaining the Millennium Development Goals in Sri Lanka, How Likely and What Will it Take to Reduce Poverty, Child Mortality and Malnutrition, and to Increase School Enrollment and Completion?

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-21T15:05:04Z
dc.date.available2012-06-21T15:05:04Z
dc.date.issued2005-06
dc.description.abstractThis report focuses on the attainment of five major human development-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by sub-national units in Sri Lanka relating to poverty, under-five and infant mortality, child malnutrition, schooling enrollment and completion, and gender disparities in schooling. The selection of these MDGs for detailed analysis was based in large part on the availability of reliable sub-national data. The report concludes that of these MDGs, Sri Lanka has already attained the numerical goals relating to universal primary enrollment and completion. Indeed, the country had almost met these goals as far back as 1990-91, and is far ahead o f the other countries of South Asia in terms of having reached near-universal primary enrollment and completion. Sri Lanka has also attained the MD goal of gender parity in primary and secondary school enrollments, again having met this target as early as 1990-91. However, Sri Lanka faces considerable challenges in ensuring good quality primary education, with substantial shortfalls in cognitive achievement in the country as a whole. Further, Sri Lanka experiences sharp regional disparities in learning outcomes. Improving the quality of primary education in the country, with special emphasis on educationally disadvantaged areas, will require strategic policy development, effective service delivery and efficient investment of resources.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6036551/sri-lanka-attaining-millennium-development-goals-sri-lanka-likely-take-reduce-poverty-child-mortality-malnutrition-increase-school-enrollment-completion
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/8635
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/8635
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectABSOLUTE TERMS
dc.subjectAGED
dc.subjectANNUAL RATE
dc.subjectBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCIVIL WAR
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION INEQUALITY
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION POVERTY
dc.subjectDATA QUALITY
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subjectDIETS
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectECONOMICS LITERATURE
dc.subjectEDUCATION LEVEL
dc.subjectEDUCATION PROGRAMS
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL STUDIES
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectESTIMATION TECHNIQUES
dc.subjectEXPENDITURE SURVEY
dc.subjectEXTREME POVERTY
dc.subjectFEMALE LITERACY
dc.subjectGENDER DISPARITIES
dc.subjectGINI COEFFICIENT
dc.subjectGIRLS
dc.subjectGOOD GOVERNANCE
dc.subjectGROWTH PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectHEADCOUNT RATIO
dc.subjectHEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectHEALTH SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD DATA
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectHOUSING CONDITIONS
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT
dc.subjectINCOME LEVELS
dc.subjectINDEPENDENT VARIABLES
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL REFORM
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
dc.subjectINTERVENTION
dc.subjectLIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectMALNUTRITION
dc.subjectMEAN CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT ERRORS
dc.subjectMETHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectMOTHERS
dc.subjectMULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
dc.subjectNATIONAL AVERAGE
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY LINES
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectPOLICY DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectPOLICY VARIABLES
dc.subjectPOOR PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectPOVERTY ASSESSMENT
dc.subjectPOVERTY HEADCOUNT
dc.subjectPOVERTY LEVEL
dc.subjectPOVERTY LEVELS
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASUREMENT
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY TRENDS
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPRO-POOR
dc.subjectPUBLIC POLICY
dc.subjectPUBLIC PROGRAMS
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER PARITY
dc.subjectQUALITATIVE VARIABLES
dc.subjectREDUCING POVERTY
dc.subjectREGIONAL DISPARITIES
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY
dc.subjectSCHOOL SYSTEM
dc.subjectSECONDARY DATA
dc.subjectSECTOR ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectSERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subjectSERVICE SECTOR
dc.subjectSOCIAL INDICATORS
dc.subjectSOUTH ASIAN
dc.subjectSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectTASK TEAM LEADER
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN POVERTY
dc.titleSri Lanka : Attaining the Millennium Development Goals in Sri Lanka, How Likely and What Will it Take to Reduce Poverty, Child Mortality and Malnutrition, and to Increase School Enrollment and Completion?en
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okr.date.disclosure2005-06-29
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-07T08:53:54.770285Z
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Social Analysis
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6036551/sri-lanka-attaining-millennium-development-goals-sri-lanka-likely-take-reduce-poverty-child-mortality-malnutrition-increase-school-enrollment-completion
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum6036551
okr.identifier.report32134
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countrySri Lanka
okr.region.geographicalAsia
okr.region.geographicalSouth Asia
okr.sectorEducation
okr.sectorHealth and other social services
okr.unitS.A. Human Development Sector (SASHD)
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