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Low-fee private schooling and poverty in developing countries / Joanna Härmä.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Härmä, Joanna, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Private schools--Developing countries.
- Private schools.
- Privatization in education--Developing countries.
- Privatization in education.
- Education--Economic aspects--Developing countries.
- Education.
- Education--Economic aspects.
- School choice.
- Academic achievement.
- Developing countries.
- Education--Developing countries--Costs.
- Academic achievement--Developing countries.
- School choice--Developing countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 250 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Creating the fertile ground for the 'mushrooming' of low-fee private schools in developing countries
- What low-fee private schools in poorer countries look like
- How the poor are failed by governments
- What is to blame for poor learning outcomes? : the role of family background and environment
- The poor and rural are being bypassed by a market that they cannot afford to enter
- 'Cutting their bellies' : the quality of teaching at low-fee private schools fails to justify parental sacrifice
- The role of profit, corporations and chains in the provision of education
- Competition, high stakes and corruption in the private sector
- The role of regulation
- Mirroring the privatization push in rich countries
- Alternative pathways : investing in teachers and public systems
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 26, 2021).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Härmä, Joanna. Low-fee private schooling and poverty in developing countries
- ISBN:
- 9781350088276
- 1350088277
- 9781350088252
- 1350088269
- 9781350088269
- 1350088250
- Publisher Number:
- 99986873947
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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