Do crowded classrooms crowd out learning? Evidence from the food for education program in Bangladesh

World Development

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 665-684

  Ahmed, Akhter U ^a   Arends Kuenning, Mary ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Classroom crowding; Food for education; Peer effect; South Asia; Test scores

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; FOOD; NUTRITION;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33644960510     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.09.011     Document Type: Article

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