Democracy and education spending: has Africa's move to multiparty elections made a difference to policy?
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primary education; political economy; democracy; and electoral competition;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
- O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
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