Education and social cohesion: Developing a framework for education sector reform in Sri Lanka

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Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 411-428

  Colenso, Peter ^a,b  

^a Department for International Development ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b DFID   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aid; Conflict; Education policy; Social cohesion; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 29744463517     PISSN: 03057925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057920500331470     Document Type: Conference Paper

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