Free primary education still excludes the poorest of the poor in urban Kenya

Development in Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 603-610

  Oketch, Moses ^a,b   Ngware, Moses ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Governance and public policy; Social sector; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POVERTY; PRIMARY EDUCATION; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POPULATION; WELFARE PROVISION;

KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 77953175058     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: 13649213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614521003763095     Document Type: Article

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