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Gender and Education in Jamaica: Who is Achieving and by Whose Standard?

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Bailey, B. Gender and Education in Jamaica: Who is Achieving and by Whose Standard?. PROSPECTS 34, 53–69 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:PROS.0000026679.99139.91

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