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Aid in Education

A Perspective from Pakistan

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Economics, Aid and Education

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Since Pakistan’s inception in 1947, aid has been a regular feature of various development programs (Ellahi & Mahmood, 2012) in the country. In the 60s and 70s Pakistan was the largest recipient of aid in the South Asia region ( Khan 2007).

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Zia, R. (2013). Aid in 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_4

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