Public Investments in Education and Children's Academic Achievements.
While the benefits of additional schooling in the developing world are widely recognised, the best use of scarce resources to improve academic achievement remains unclear. We compare public investments in school infrastructure, school improvement grants, teacher qualifications, and attendance incent...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Development Studies Vol. 55; no. 11; pp. 2365 - 2382 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nov2019
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