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Working Paper

IDS Working Paper 23

General Versus Vocational Secondary Education in Developing Countries: A Review of Rates of Return Evidence

Published on 1 January 1995

This is a critical examination of the current orthodoxy concerning social rates of returns to general and vocational secondary education in developing countries.

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Bennell, P. (1995) General Versus Vocational Secondary Education in Developing Countries: A Review of the Rates of Return Evidence, IDS Working Paper 23. Brighton: IDS.

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IDS
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Bennell, P.
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IDS Working Paper, issue 23
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1 85864 058 X

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