'Empowering' the 'local' through education? Exploring community-managed schooling in Nepal

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 611-628

  Carney, Stephen ^a,d   Bista, Min ^b   Agergaard, Jytte ^c  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Kathmandu Education Foundation   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d NONE   (Denmark)

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EID: 35148823057     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054980701476253     Document Type: Article

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