Education and the Market: Which Parts of the Neoliberal Solution are Correct?

World Development

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 589-610

  Colclough, Christopher ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATION SYSTEM FINANCING; EDUCATIONAL PROVISION; FINANCE NEED; NEOLIBERALIST APPROACH; PRIVATE-SECTOR FINANCE; SOCIAL PLANNING; USER FEES;

EID: 0030461368     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-750X(95)00157-8     Document Type: Article

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