Impacts of the universal primary education policy on educational attainment and private costs in rural Uganda

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-175

  Nishimura, Mikiko ^a   Yamano, Takashi ^b   Sasaoka, Yuichi ^c  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

^c JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Educational policy; Uganda; Universal primary education

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; PRIMARY EDUCATION; RURAL AREA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 37549008386     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2006.09.017     Document Type: Article

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