Understanding child labor beyond poverty : the structure of the economy, social norms, and no returns to rural basic education
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Youth and Governance; Education For All; Street Children; Primary Education; Children and Youth;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2013-07-05 (Africa)
- NEP-DEM-2013-07-05 (Demographic Economics)
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