This paper extends the concept of learning poverty to provide local-level estimates of the share of children at age 10 who can read and understand a simple text in Colombia. The learning poverty indicator combines the share of children who are out of school and thus schooling deprived with the share of those in school who are learning deprived based on reading tests. Local-level estimates illustrate the immense gaps in learning poverty across municipalities...
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2023/06/26
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Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS10498
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2023/06/26
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Learning Poverty at the Local Level in Colombia
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Demombynes,Gabriel.
Learning Poverty at the Local Level in Colombia (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 10498 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099229306262386770