Better measures of progress: Developing reliable estimates of educational access and quality in Francophone sub-Saharan Africa
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Keywords
Sample Selection; Measurement Error; Literacy; Numeracy; Learning; Education Quality; Education Access; Sub-Saharan Africa; Francophone; Development Goals; SDGs;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C83 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
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