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Education Finance, Equality and Equity – Introduction

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Education Finance, Equality, and Equity

Part of the book series: Education, Equity, Economy ((EEEC,volume 5))

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This book aims to revisit equality and equity in educational issues, especially in relation to education finance related topics. This book connects education finance policy with changing trends of educational equality and equity while examining selected themes from an international viewpoint.

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BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2018). Education Finance, Equality and Equity – Introduction. In: BenDavid-Hadar, I. (eds) Education Finance, Equality, and Equity. Education, Equity, Economy, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90388-0_1

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