The Impact of Education on Reducing Poverty in South Asia

<p>This dissertation examines the relationship between primary, secondary education attainment and poverty in South Asia. The countries of examination include India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, and Maldives. The primary function of this research is to determine if primary and secondary education attainment of peoples has an impact on being associated with reducing poverty. To accomplish and to test this goal, I have used fixed effects regression analysis to examine the following research questions: Does education expansion (primary, secondary) reduce poverty in South Asia? Does education expansion (primary, secondary) reduce poverty for women in South Asia? This first research question analysis produced statistically significant results, indicating that primary and secondary education attainment has an impact on being associated with reducing poverty in South Asia. In context to the second research question, female primary and female secondary education attainment has an impact on being associated with reducing poverty for women in South Asia.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

International Politics and Political Science, PhD

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

School of Social Science, Politics, and Evaluation

Year dc:date.available

2023

Author dc:creator

• Sohal-Bagri, Rooppreet Kaur

Contributors dc:contributor

• Yi Feng
• Tanu Kumar

• Economic Development
• Education
• Government
• Policy
• Poverty
• South Asia
• International Relations
• Political Science

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/733

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarship.claremont.edu:cgu_etd-1755