APPENDIX B
Main Issues, Strategic Directions, and Policy Initiatives
TABLE B.1 Short-
and medium-term initiatives to address policy objectives, by thematic area
AREA
OBJECTIVE
SHORT-TERM INITIATIVES
MEDIUM-TERM INITIATIVES
• Develop a strategy to address the large provincial disparities in human capital development, with a particular focus on Northern, Eastern, and Western Provinces.
Policy makers begin to prepare a strategy incorporating bold policy initiatives to combat second- and third-generation requirements for human capital development.
Chapter 1 The potential of human capital Human capital development in Sri Lanka
To understand the national and regional trends in human capital development in Sri Lanka
• Develop a strategy to address the lagging human capital outcomes for boys. Chapter 2 Regional variations in human capital outcomes in Sri Lanka Regional disparities in child survival and expected years of schooling and adult survival
To ensure equitable human capital development across Sri Lanka
Investigate causes for lower adult survival rates in Northern Province and develop a strategy to address lagging adult survival rates in Northern Province.
Develop a strategy to ensure equitable progress in Human Capital Index (HCI) outcomes.
Regional disparities in stunting and learning-adjusted years of schooling
To ensure equitable human capital development across Sri Lanka
Conduct a situation analysis of child survival and learningadjusted years of schooling in the lagging provinces and develop a strategy of targeted interventions to address these HCI outcomes in those provinces.
Develop a strategy to ensure equitable progress in HCI outcomes.
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