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Publication Open Access EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE POOR ASSESSING SPATIAL DISPARITIES(South Asia center for policy Studies, 2009-02) Tilakaratna, G; Tilakaratna, A; Jayatilaka, R; Perera, RSri Lanka enjoys a remarkable progress in terms of its basic education indicators, compared to many other developing countries in the world. By 2004, it had an adult literacy rate of about 92.5 per cent, and a net primary enrolment ratio of 98 per cent. The primary completion ratio for Sri Lanka is also relatively high, with only about 3 per cent of the students dropping out before reaching grade 5. Moreover, Sri Lanka has achieved significant progress in gender equality in education. The adult literacy rate for female is 96 per cent of that for male while youth literacy rate for female is as high as 101 percent of that for male. In addition, net primary enrolment ratio for female is about 97 per cent and is at the same level as that for male students. However, it is interesting to note that the combined ratio for all educational levels for female is about 102 per cent of that for male, implying higher enrolments among female studentsPublication Open Access Educational opportunities for the poor in Sri Lanka: Assessing spatial disparities(Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, 2008-11) Jayathilaka, R; Tilakaratna, G; Galappattige, A; Perera, RThis study was carried out as a part of the project on “Economic and Political Empowerment of the Poor: Sri Lanka Country Studies” which will be published in a monograph as a part of the publication series originating from Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)/South Asian Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS) project on Eradication of Poverty in South Asia. The authors wish to gratefully acknowledge SACEPS for their financial assistance to carry out this study.Publication Open Access Development Plan as a Tool to Improve the Disaster Resilience of Urban Areas(Springer, Cham, 2017-03-22) Perera, R; Khaimi, D; Khailani, BThis chapter argues for the mainstreaming of disaster resilience attributes in local development plans as an overarching adaptive measure with regards to urban areas facing climate related disasters. The chapter is based on empirical research involving a group of professional urban planners and managers who are responsible for formulating development plans for local urban areas in a developing country. Using the key-informant technique, the research investigated the ideas of a set of professional planners and managers regarding the suitable urban planning strategies to improve the resilience of local areas against a common hazard (e.g., flooding) that has a tendency to intensify due to climate change. In the next step, the common attributes of more frequently suggested strategies were identified using the principal component analysis technique. In the last step, the extent to which the local development planning system has responded so far to the vulnerability reduction and resilience improvement needs of the civil society. The findings indicate that local planners are sensitive to the flood risks faced by people. They have incorporated policies and strategies in the local development plan to minimize exposure of the people and property to flood hazard and improve the adaptive capacity of the urban settlements. However, the sector-based organization of the plan prepared by the federal level planners was found to be a hindrance to improving mainstream disaster resilience attributes in development planning. Therefore, the paper calls for strengthening the participatory planning and development capacity of the local authorities to enable more resolute mainstreaming of disaster resilience in local development plans.