Rural School Investment and the Rural-Urban Education Gap: Evidence from India.
An important cause of the rural-urban educational gap is the lack of basic school infrastructure in rural areas, such as availability of restrooms for children. In an effort to improve child health, particularly in rural areas, the government of India implemented the School Sanitation and Hygiene Ed...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Development Studies Vol. 62; no. 1; pp. 68 - 83 |
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