Review of the Bangladesh female secondary school stipend project using a social exclusion framework

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 505-517

  Schurmann, Anna T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Child marriage; Economic assistance; Education; Equity; Fertility; Gender; Health; Impact studies; Secondary school; Social exclusion; Stipend

Indexed keywords

EID: 76849089581     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v27i4.3393     Document Type: Article

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