Globalization, knowledge economy and the emergence of private universities in Sub-Saharan Africa

Advances in Education in Diverse Communities: Research, Policy and Praxis

Volumn 6, Issue C, 2008, Pages 231-259

  Banya, Kingsley ^a  

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EID: 57349144518     PISSN: 1479358X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-358X(08)06009-9     Document Type: Review

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