Why are teachers absent? Probing service delivery in Peruvian primary schools

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 117-136

  Alcázar, Lorena ^a   Rogers, F Halsey ^b   Chaudhury, Nazmul ^b   Hammer, Jeffrey ^b   Kremer, Michael ^c   Muralidharan, Karthik ^c  

^a Group for the Analysis of Development Lima   (Peru)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847078377     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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