Protecting education for the poor in times of crisis: An evaluation of a scholarship programme in Indonesia

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-122

  Sparrow, Robert ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33846855374     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2006.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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