Restructuring UNESCO's statistical services-The "sad story" of UNESCO's education statistics: 4 years later

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 532-544

  Cussó, Roser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

Author keywords

Data quality; Education statistics; International decision making; Restructuring; Statistical program; UNESCO

Indexed keywords

DATA QUALITY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION POLICY; STATISTICAL DATA; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 33746894789     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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