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Access to education: who goes to school and who is excluded

Casting an economic light on education take-up: An Ethiopian case study

Casting an economic light on education take- up: An Ethiopian case study

Authors: Sharada Weir; Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford
Publisher: id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

Why do most adult Ethiopians say that education is a good thing when the country's school attendance and completion rates are so poor? Can economics contribute to a better understanding of parental attitudes to education and their impact?