Poverty reduction and gender parity in education: An alternative approach

Gender Education and Equality in a Global Context: Conceptual Frameworks and Policy Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 196-210

  Takyi Amoako, Emefa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84868148795     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203939598     Document Type: Chapter

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