Student learning in public and private primary schools in Madagascar

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 699-717

  Lassibille, Gérard ^a   Tan, Jee Peng ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LEARNING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STUDENT;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0042230524     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374678     Document Type: Article

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