Costs and benefits of bilingual education in Guatemala: A partial analysis

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 594-598

  Patrinos, Harry Anthony ^a   Velez, Eduardo ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual education; Education; Languages

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LANGUAGE; STUDENT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 68849119986     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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