Vocational education and training in developing countries: has the World Bank got it right?

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 271-287

  Bennell, Paul ^a   Segerstrom, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; TRAINING PROGRAMME; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WORLD BANK;

EID: 0032125370     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-0593(98)00021-2     Document Type: Article

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