Quality of primary education inputs in urban schools: Evidence from Nairobi

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-116

  Ngware, Moses W ^a   Oketch, Moses ^a   Ezeh, Alex C ^a  

^a Shelter Afrique Center   (Kenya)

Author keywords

educational policy; school reform; urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650746524     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: 15523535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124510379131     Document Type: Article

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