'De facto' privatisation of education and the poor: Implications of a study from sub-Saharan Africa and India

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Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 443-462

  Tooley, James ^a,b   Dixon, Pauline ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education for all; Millennium development goal; Private schools

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EID: 33845456816     PISSN: 03057925     EISSN: 14693623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057920601024891     Document Type: Conference Paper

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