Education, skills, sustainability and growth: Complex relations

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-181

  King, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aid dependency; Economic growth; Education for sustainable development; EFA; MDGs; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AID DEPENDENCY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; MACROECONOMICS; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 60149092133     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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