Education in Central Asia: Transitional challenges and impacts

The Politics of Transition in Central Asia and the Caucasus: Enduring Legacies and Emerging Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 226-248

  Kissane, Carolyn ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84858406483     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203027905     Document Type: Chapter

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