Meeting the international poverty targets in Uganda: Halving poverty and achieving universal primary education

Development Policy Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-106

  McGee, Rosemary ^a,b  

^a CHRISTIAN AID   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PRIMARY EDUCATION;

UGANDA;

EID: 0034092803     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7679.00101     Document Type: Article

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