Decentralization, citizen participation, and the role of the state: The autonomous schools program in Nicaragua

Latin American Perspectives

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 8-38

  Gershberg, Alec Ian ^a,b  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATION REFORM;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 0032862165     PISSN: 0094582X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0094582x9902600401     Document Type: Article

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