TY - JOUR
T1 - Disability, Poverty, and Schooling in Post-civil War in Sierra Leone
AU - Bakhshi, Parul
AU - Babulal, Ganesh M.
AU - Trani, Jean Francois
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding was provided by Economic and Social Research Council (Grant No. ES/M005011/1).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI).
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - Sierra Leone has invested in education after the civil war but it is unclear if persons with disabilities have benefited from this effort. In 2009, we conducted a household field survey in 17 randomly selected localities of Sierra Leone. Findings show that persons disabled before school-going age, those with multiple disabilities, girls, elderly children, the poorest, and those residing in rural areas were less likely to participate in primary and secondary education. The same predictors were associated with lower odds of being literate except the age of disability onset. Our findings indicate that quality and equity in learning require policy that prioritize vulnerable groups especially in post-conflict context.
AB - Sierra Leone has invested in education after the civil war but it is unclear if persons with disabilities have benefited from this effort. In 2009, we conducted a household field survey in 17 randomly selected localities of Sierra Leone. Findings show that persons disabled before school-going age, those with multiple disabilities, girls, elderly children, the poorest, and those residing in rural areas were less likely to participate in primary and secondary education. The same predictors were associated with lower odds of being literate except the age of disability onset. Our findings indicate that quality and equity in learning require policy that prioritize vulnerable groups especially in post-conflict context.
KW - Conflict/post conflict
KW - Disability
KW - Inclusive education
KW - Sierra Leone
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U2 - 10.1057/s41287-020-00288-7
DO - 10.1057/s41287-020-00288-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85085957739
VL - 33
SP - 482
EP - 501
JO - European Journal of Development Research
JF - European Journal of Development Research
SN - 0957-8811
IS - 3
ER -