Do remedial activities using math workbooks improve student learning? Empirical evidence from scaled-up interventions in Niger
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Educational development; Math learning; Community participation; Scaling-up of intervention; Sub-Saharan Africa;All these keywords.
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- I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
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