Managing for results in primary education in Madagascar: Evaluating the impact of selected workflow interventions

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 303-329

  Lassibille, Gérard ^a   Tan, Jee Peng ^b   Jesse, Cornelia ^b   Van Nguyen, Trang ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY EDUCATION;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 77956319543     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhq009     Document Type: Article

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