Education and Conflict Recovery : The Case of Timor Leste

Justino, Patricia; Leone, Marinella; Salardi, Paola

dc.creator	Justino, Patricia
dc.creator	Leone, Marinella
dc.creator	Salardi, Paola
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:04:13Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:04:13Z
dc.date	2011-08-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:58:49Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:58:49Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110822115108
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3536
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244500
dc.description	The Timor Leste secession conflict lasted for 25 years. Its last wave of violence in 1999, following the withdrawal of Indonesian troops, generated massive displacement and destruction with widespread consequences for the economic and social development of the country. This paper analyzes the impact of the conflict on the level and access to education of boys and girls in Timor Leste. The authors examine the short-term impact of the 1999 violence on school attendance and grade deficit rates in 2001, and the longer-term impact of the conflict on primary school completion of cohorts of children observed in 2007. They compare the educational impact of the 1999 wave of violence with the impact of other periods of high-intensity violence during the 25 years of Indonesian occupation. The short-term effects of the conflict are mixed. In the longer term, the analysis finds a strong negative impact of the conflict on primary school completion among boys of school age exposed to peaks of violence during the 25-year long conflict. The effect is stronger for boys attending the last three grades of primary school. This result shows a substantial loss of human capital among young males in Timor Leste since the early 1970s, resulting from household investment trade-offs between education and economic survival.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5774
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACADEMIC YEAR
dc.subject	ACADEMIC YEARS
dc.subject	ACCESS TO EDUCATION
dc.subject	ADULTHOOD
dc.subject	AGE GROUPS
dc.subject	ARMED CONFLICT
dc.subject	ATTENDANCE RATE
dc.subject	ATTENDANCE RATES
dc.subject	AVERAGE SCHOOLING
dc.subject	BASIC EDUCATION
dc.subject	BOMBING
dc.subject	BOMBINGS
dc.subject	CHILD LABOR
dc.subject	CHILD MORTALITY
dc.subject	CHURCHES
dc.subject	CIVIL WAR
dc.subject	CLASSROOMS
dc.subject	COMPLETION RATE
dc.subject	CONFLICTS
dc.subject	CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLENCE
dc.subject	DEATHS
dc.subject	EARLY CHILDHOOD
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	EDUCATION ATTAINMENT
dc.subject	EDUCATION FOR ALL
dc.subject	EDUCATION INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
dc.subject	EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	EDUCATION OUTCOMES
dc.subject	EDUCATION SECTOR
dc.subject	EDUCATION SYSTEM
dc.subject	EDUCATION VARIABLES
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL ACCESS
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
dc.subject	ENROLMENT OF BOYS
dc.subject	ENROLMENT OF GIRLS
dc.subject	ENROLMENT RATES
dc.subject	ENROLMENTS
dc.subject	EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
dc.subject	FAMILIES
dc.subject	FAMILY STRUCTURES
dc.subject	FEMALE EDUCATION
dc.subject	FEMALE LITERACY
dc.subject	FEMALE LITERACY RATES
dc.subject	FIGHTING
dc.subject	FINANCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subject	GENDER DIFFERENTIALS
dc.subject	GENDER DISPARITIES
dc.subject	GENDER GAP
dc.subject	GENOCIDE
dc.subject	GIRLS
dc.subject	GRADE REPETITION
dc.subject	GROSS ENROLMENT
dc.subject	GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO
dc.subject	GROSS ENROLMENT RATIOS
dc.subject	GUERRILLA
dc.subject	HEALTH FACILITIES
dc.subject	HIGH DROP-OUT RATES
dc.subject	HIGH RATES OF REPETITION
dc.subject	HIGHER GRADE
dc.subject	HIGHER LEVEL OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
dc.subject	INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject	LEADERSHIP
dc.subject	LITERACY
dc.subject	LITERACY RATES
dc.subject	LOCAL SCHOOLS
dc.subject	MASS COMMUNICATION
dc.subject	MASSACRE
dc.subject	MILITIA
dc.subject	NATIONS
dc.subject	NET ENROLMENT
dc.subject	NET ENROLMENT RATIO
dc.subject	NET ENROLMENT RATIOS
dc.subject	OLD GIRLS
dc.subject	OLDER CHILDREN
dc.subject	OLDER GIRLS
dc.subject	OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN
dc.subject	POST-CONFLICT EDUCATION
dc.subject	PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	PRIMARY EDUCATION OUTCOMES
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION RATE
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION RATES
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVEL
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVELS
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL YEARS
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOLING
dc.subject	PROVIDERS OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	QUALITY OF TEACHERS
dc.subject	RECONCILIATION
dc.subject	RECONSTRUCTION
dc.subject	RECONSTRUCTION POLICIES
dc.subject	REFUGEE
dc.subject	REFUGEE CAMPS
dc.subject	REFUGEE POPULATIONS
dc.subject	REHABILITATION
dc.subject	REPETITION RATES
dc.subject	RETURNS TO EDUCATION
dc.subject	ROADS
dc.subject	SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS
dc.subject	SCHOOL AGE
dc.subject	SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN
dc.subject	SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subject	SCHOOL CHILDREN
dc.subject	SCHOOL DROP
dc.subject	SCHOOL ENTRY
dc.subject	SCHOOL FEES
dc.subject	SCHOOL LEVELS
dc.subject	SCHOOL SYSTEM
dc.subject	SCHOOL YEAR
dc.subject	SCHOOL YEARS
dc.subject	SCHOOL-AGE
dc.subject	SCHOOLING
dc.subject	SCHOOLING OF BOYS
dc.subject	SCHOOLS
dc.subject	SECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subject	SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	TACTICS
dc.subject	TEACHERS
dc.subject	TEXTBOOKS
dc.subject	UNDP
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	UNESCO
dc.subject	VICTIMS
dc.subject	VILLAGE LEVEL
dc.subject	VIOLENCE
dc.subject	VIOLENT CONFLICT
dc.subject	WAR
dc.subject	WARFARE
dc.subject	WARS
dc.subject	YOUNG BOYS
dc.subject	YOUNG GIRLS
dc.subject	YOUNG MALES
dc.title	Education and Conflict Recovery : The Case of Timor Leste
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	East Asia and Pacific
dc.coverage	East Asia and Pacific
dc.coverage	Asia
dc.coverage	Timor-Leste