Why children aren't attending school: The case of Northwestern Tanzania

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 333-355

  Burke, Kathleen ^a   Beegle, Kathleen ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION POLICY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY STRATEGY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 3042826548     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejh011     Document Type: Article

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