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Educational inequality in Mozambique

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  • Servaas van der Berg
  • Carlos da Maia
  • Cobus Burger

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In very poor countries, inequality often means that a small part of the population maintains living standards far above the rest. This is also true for educational inequality in Mozambique: only a small segment of the population has access to higher levels of education (there are 30 times as many schools offering grade 1 than grade 12) and receives education of a good quality. This study investigates inequality in past attainment, in current school access, and learning or educational quality, by gender, geography and parental socio-economic status.

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  • Servaas van der Berg & Carlos da Maia & Cobus Burger, 2017. "Educational inequality in Mozambique," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2017-212, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    • Handle: RePEc:unu:wpaper:wp-2017-212
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    1. Rasmus Heltberg & Kenneth Simler & Finn Tarp, 2001. "Public Spending and Poverty in Mozambique," WIDER Working Paper Series DP2001-63, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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