Getting girls into school: Evidence from a scholarship program in Cambodia

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 581-617

  Filmer, Deon ^a   Schady, Norbert ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; INCENTIVE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ASIA; CAMBODIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 43049119641     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/533548     Document Type: Article

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