Country Socio-economic Development and Disparity in School Children's Reading Skills Learning in Africa
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Socio-economic development; reading skills; urban-rural disparity; children with disabilities; poverty; educational inequality; Africa;All these keywords.
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- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2024-01-08 (Development)
- NEP-URE-2024-01-08 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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