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Women's education in developing countries : barriers, benefits, and policies

Elizabeth M. King (Editor), M. Anne Hill (Editor)
Despite the expansion of education opportunities world-wide and evidence that the education of girls and women promotes both individual and national well-being, women in most developing countries still receive less schooling than men. This volume addresses how educational decisions are made.
Print Book, English, 1997
Published for the World Bank [by] The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1997
xiii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780801845345, 9780801858284, 0801845343, 0801858283
41523631
"A World Bank book."