Education and Conflict Recovery : The Case of Timor Leste

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 develo...

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Main Authors:	Justino, Patricia, Leone, Marinella, Salardi, Paola
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACADEMIC YEAR ACADEMIC YEARS ACCESS TO EDUCATION ADULTHOOD AGE GROUPS ARMED CONFLICT ATTENDANCE RATE ATTENDANCE RATES AVERAGE SCHOOLING BASIC EDUCATION BOMBING BOMBINGS CHILD LABOR CHILD MORTALITY CHURCHES CIVIL WAR CLASSROOMS COMPLETION RATE CONFLICTS CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLENCE DEATHS EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ATTAINMENT EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION INFRASTRUCTURE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION VARIABLES EDUCATIONAL ACCESS EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ENROLMENT OF BOYS ENROLMENT OF GIRLS ENROLMENT RATES ENROLMENTS EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE FAMILIES FAMILY STRUCTURES FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE LITERACY FEMALE LITERACY RATES FIGHTING FINANCIAL SUPPORT GENDER DIFFERENTIALS GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER GAP GENOCIDE GIRLS GRADE REPETITION GROSS ENROLMENT GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO GROSS ENROLMENT RATIOS GUERRILLA HEALTH FACILITIES HIGH DROP-OUT RATES HIGH RATES OF REPETITION HIGHER GRADE HIGHER LEVEL OF EDUCATION HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS LEADERSHIP LITERACY LITERACY RATES LOCAL SCHOOLS MASS COMMUNICATION MASSACRE MILITIA NATIONS NET ENROLMENT NET ENROLMENT RATIO NET ENROLMENT RATIOS OLD GIRLS OLDER CHILDREN OLDER GIRLS OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN POST-CONFLICT EDUCATION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY EDUCATION OUTCOMES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE PRIMARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION RATE PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION RATES PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVEL PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVELS PRIMARY SCHOOL YEARS PRIMARY SCHOOLING PROVIDERS OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF TEACHERS RECONCILIATION RECONSTRUCTION RECONSTRUCTION POLICIES REFUGEE REFUGEE CAMPS REFUGEE POPULATIONS REHABILITATION REPETITION RATES RETURNS TO EDUCATION ROADS SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOL DROP SCHOOL ENTRY SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL LEVELS SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL YEARS SCHOOL-AGE SCHOOLING SCHOOLING OF BOYS SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TACTICS TEACHERS TEXTBOOKS UNDP UNEMPLOYMENT UNESCO VICTIMS VILLAGE LEVEL VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT WAR WARFARE WARS YOUNG BOYS YOUNG GIRLS YOUNG MALES
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Summary:	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.

Education and Conflict Recovery : The Case of Timor Leste

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