Higher education and economic growth in Africa

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 509-529

  Gyimah Brempong, Kwabena ^a,d   Paddison, Oliver ^b   Mitiku, Workie ^c  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b División de Desarrollo Sostenible y Asentamientos Humanos de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Addis Ababa   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; HIGHER EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; PANEL DATA;

AFRICA;

EID: 33646379887     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380600576490     Document Type: Article

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