Fijian teachers on the move: Causes, implications and policies

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-175

  Voigt Graf, Carmen ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education system; Fiji; Skilled migration

Indexed keywords

LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POPULATION MIGRATION; SKILLED LABOR; TEACHING;

EID: 0141751782     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8373.00191     Document Type: Article

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