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The Quality-Quantity Tradeoff in Education: Evidence from a Prospective Evaluation in Kenya

@inproceedings{Kremer1997TheQT,
  title={The Quality-Quantity Tradeoff in Education: Evidence from a Prospective Evaluation in Kenya},
  author={Micheal Kremer and Sylvie Moulin and David Myatt and Robert Namunyu},
  year={1997}
}
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