Making education reform work for the poor: Accountability and decentralization in Latin America

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-322

  Meade, Ben ^a   Gershberg, Alec Ian ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Decentralization; Education reform; Latin America; World Bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 42549161637     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680930801923823     Document Type: Review

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