If you build it, will they come? School availability and school enrollment in 21 poor countries
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- Deon Filmer, 2007. "If you build it, will they come? School availability and school enrolment in 21 poor countries," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(5), pages 901-928.
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Health Monitoring&Evaluation; Teaching and Learning; Public Health Promotion; Primary Education; Education Reform and Management; Primary Education; Teaching and Learning; Education Reform and Management; Health Monitoring&Evaluation; Gender and Education;NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-URE-2004-08-16 (Urban & Real Estate Economics)
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