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    Education Inequality and Affirmative Action: Towards a Better Estimation (Working Paper)

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    Education Inequality and Affirmative Action (549.4Kb)
    Date
    2013-09
    Author
    de Mel, Nishan
    Kumarage, Aloka
    Series
    Verité Research Working Paper Series; September 2013
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    The education sector had witnessed an overall decline in terms of budgetary allocations, and was also subject to inequality in distribution of educational opportunities within the country. Education inequality has implications for addressing poverty alleviation and equitable development through education. Education inequality is discussed in the context of the programme of affirmative action in university admissions. The paper develops a new composite indicator of education inequality and applies it to understanding inequality of education across districts. The paper seeks to understand the policy behind recognising and designating districts that should be considered as 'disadvantaged' for the purpose of affirmative action in university education.
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    28p. This working paper was presented at the CEPA Annual Poverty Symposium held in September 2013. A presentation based on this working paper is also available in the KMS.
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    http://repo.veriteresearch.net/handle/123456789/948
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