Private education in a poor country: The case of urban Bolivia

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 395-406

  Psacharopoulos, George ^a   Arieira, Carlos R ^a   Mattson, Robert ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT; PRIVATE EDUCATION;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 0031420188     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0272-7757(97)00007-1     Document Type: Article

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