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Promoting Participation in Public Life Through Secondary Education: Evidence from Honduras

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Erin Murphy-Graham (United States)

Doctorate in International Education (Ed.D.), Harvard University, 2005. At the Graduate School of Education, University of California Berkeley, she is an adjunct assistant professor and teaches courses on gender and education and globalization and international education. She has worked and conducted research on secondary education and gender issues in Nicaragua, Honduras and Colombia. E-mail: emurphy@berkeley.edu

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Murphy-Graham, E. Promoting Participation in Public Life Through Secondary Education: Evidence from Honduras. Prospects 37, 95–111 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11125-007-9013-2

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