Abolishing school fees in Malawi: The impact on education access and equity

Education Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 359-375

  Al Samarrai, Samer ^a   Zaman, Hassan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Inequality; Malawi; Public expenditure; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION REFORM; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PRIMARY EDUCATION; PUBLIC SPENDING; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34547668636     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290701273632     Document Type: Article

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