Impact of free primary education in kenya: A case study of private schools in Kibera

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 449-469

  Tooley, James ^a   Dixon, Pauline ^a   Stanfield, James ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crowding out; Education for all; Millennium development goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949099148     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143208095788     Document Type: Article

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