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Education in Ghana : Improving Equity, Efficiency and Accountability of Education Service Delivery

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  • World Bank, 2010. "Education in Ghana : Improving Equity, Efficiency and Accountability of Education Service Delivery," World Bank Publications - Reports 3012, The World Bank Group.
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    1. Krauss,Alexander, 2013. "Understanding child labor beyond poverty : the structure of the economy, social norms, and no returns to rural basic education," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6513, The World Bank.
    2. Chowa, Gina A.N. & Masa, Rainier D. & Ramos, Yalitza & Ansong, David, 2015. "How do student and school characteristics influence youth academic achievement in Ghana? A hierarchical linear modeling of Ghana YouthSave baseline data," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 45(C), pages 129-140.
    3. Arnot, Madeleine & Casely-Hayford, Leslie & Yeboah, Thomas, 2018. "Post-colonial dilemmas in the construction of Ghanaian citizenship education: National unity, human rights and social inequalities," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 117-126.
    4. Nunoo, Jacob & Taale, Francis & Sebu, Joshua & Adama, Adams Sorekuong Yakubu, 2023. "Influence of teacher absenteeism and school distance on cognitive skills in Ghana," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).
    5. Krauss, Alexander, 2017. "Understanding child labour beyond the standard economic assumption of monetary poverty," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 68497, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    6. Ametepee, Lawrence Kofi & Anastasiou, Dimitris, 2015. "Special and inclusive education in Ghana: Status and progress, challenges and implications," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 41(C), pages 143-152.
    7. Adiah, George Adayi-Nwoza, 2014. "Inequality of Opportunity and Children’s Educational and Health Outcomes in Ghana," Miscellaneous Publications 358830, University of Ghana, Institute of Statistical Social & Economic Research (ISSER).

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