Exploring barriers to higher education in protracted refugee situations: The case of burmese refugees in Thailand

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 256-276

  Zeus, Barbara ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Burma; Higher education; Protracted refugee situations; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPOWERMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; REFUGEE;

MYANMAR; THAILAND;

EID: 79960923470     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: 14716925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/fer011     Document Type: Article

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