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School Management Councils: A Lever for mobilizing social capital in Rural Punjab, Pakistan?

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Faryal Khan (Pakistan)

Doctorate in Administration, Planning and Social Policy focusing on International Education (Ed.D), Harvard University, USA, 2005. At the UNESCO Division for Education Strategies and Field Support, she is Programme Specialist in the UNESCO National Education Support Strategy (UNESS) team. Her research interests include international education policy, fiscal and governance reforms, education in fragile states, and policy and programme evaluation. She has worked as education policy advisor with more than 15 developing countries. E-mail: f.khan@unesco.org.

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Khan, F. School Management Councils: A Lever for mobilizing social capital in Rural Punjab, Pakistan?. Prospects 37, 57–79 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11125-007-9020-3

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