Child Marriage, Education, and Agency in Uganda

Feminist Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 54-79

  Wodon, Quentin ^a   Nguyen, Minh Cong ^a   Tsimpo, Clarence ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Child marriage; education; out of school children; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949316721     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2015.1102020     Document Type: Article

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