Beyond the basics: Educating and training out of poverty

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 349-357

  King, Kenneth ^a,b   McGrath, Simon ^c   Rose, Pauline ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY; TRAINING;

EID: 34249696608     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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