Determinants of rural-urban variability in the implementation of educational decentralisation programmes in developing countries: The Nigeria experience

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 500-519

  Ikoya, Peter O ^a   Ikoya, Oluremi V ^a  

^a DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Decentralized control; Developing countries; Educational planning and administration; Nigeria; Rural areas; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144461914     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230510615251     Document Type: Article

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