To what extent are African education policies pro-poor?

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 434-469

  Berthélemy, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATION POLICY; HUMAN CAPITAL; SECONDARY EDUCATION;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33750966486     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/eji032     Document Type: Article

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