Are private schools more efficient than public schools? Evidence from Tanzania

Education Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 145-172

  Lassibille, Gérard ^a   Tan, Jee Peng ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0034847296     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290110056985     Document Type: Article

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