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Improving cost-effectiveness and mobilizing resources for primary education in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Original language: English

Santosh Mehrotra (India) Studied at Nehru University, New School for Social Research and Cambridge University (Ph.D., 1985). Taught at Nehru University before joining UNICEF headquarters, New York, as an economic advisor and policy analyst. His most recent books includeDevelopment with a human face (1997) andIndia and the Soviet Union: trade and technology transfer (1990). At UNICEF he works on the links among macro-economic policy and health and education, and on the economics of basic education. Currently directing a major research project on public expenditure on basic social services in developing countries.

For important inputs and valuable discussions, thanks are due to Jan Vandemoortele. Fay Chung, Rosa María Torres, Mary Joy Pigozzi, Anna Obura, Manzoor Ahmed and Enrique Delamonica helped with comments on an earlier draft. The usual disclaimer applies. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Mid-Decade Review of Progress Towards Education for All in Africa in Yaounde (for Western and Central Africa) and Johannesburg (for Eastern and Southern Africa) in February 1996.

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Mehrotra, S. Improving cost-effectiveness and mobilizing resources for primary education in Sub-Saharan Africa. Prospects 28, 469–489 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02736819

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