Policy dialogue and target setting: Do current indicators of education for all signify progress?

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 571-587

  Lewin, Keith M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education for all; Indicators; Targets

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960549514     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2011.555003     Document Type: Article

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