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Economics, Aid and Education

Implications for Development

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Economics, Aid and Education

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The XIVth Congress of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies met in Istanbul in June, 2010. The theme of the Congress was “Bordering, Re-bordering and New Possibilities in Education and Society”. There were fourteen thematic groups with papers addressing various aspects of the over-arching theme; many papers were concerned with the impact of economics and education on development.

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Majhanovich, S., Geo-JaJa, M.A. (2013). Economics, Aid and Education. In: Majhanovich, S., Geo-JaJa, M.A. (eds) Economics, Aid and Education. The World Council of Comparative Education Societies. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-365-2_1

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