Gender and education in sub-Saharan Africa: The women in development (wid) approach and its alternatives

Issues in African Education: Sociological Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 175-192

  Diaw, Codou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1057/9781403977199_10     Document Type: Chapter

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