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School Fee Abolition

School Fee Abolition is a policy-level intervention within educational governance that eliminates mandatory financial charges for primary school enrollment and attendance, thereby distinguishing it from complementary educational financing mechanisms by directly removing economic barriers to access.

21

Publications

917

Citations

46

Authors

26

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

6

Variants

Abolition Of School Fees

Parents

Publications

21

What Democracy Does (and Doesn’t Do) for Basic Services: School Fees, School Inputs, and African Elections

Robin Harding, David Stasavage · The Journal of Politics · 2013 · 310 citations

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Secondary School Fee Abolition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Taking Stock of the Evidence

Rob J. Gruijters, Mohammed A. Abango, Leslie Casely-Hayford · 2023 · 105 citations · Full text

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Abolishing School Fees in Malawi: The Impact on Education Access and Equity<sup>1</sup>

Samer Al‐Samarrai, Hassan Zaman · Education Economics · 2007 · 84 citations

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Can Eliminating School Fees in Poor Districts Boost Enrollment? Evidence from South Africa

Evan Borkum · Economic Development and Cultural Change · 2011 · 46 citations

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The abolition of secondary school fees in Kenya: Responses by the poor

Asayo Ohba · International Journal of Educational Development · 2011 · 45 citations

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Authors

46

  1. SA
    Samer Al‐Samarrai

    University of Sussex, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 99 citations

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  2. TB
    Tessa Bold

    Stockholm University, Sweden

    2 publications · 47 citations

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  3. MA
    Mohammed A. Abango

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 116 citations

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  4. LC
    Leslie Casely-Hayford

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 116 citations

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  5. MS
    Mwangi S. Kimenyi

    University of Connecticut, United States

    2 publications · 47 citations

    2

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Institutions

26

  1. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    47 citations

  2. World Bank

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    99 citations

  3. University of Sussex

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    99 citations

  4. Institute of Development Studies

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    99 citations

  5. Center for Global Development

    Washington D.C., United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    47 citations

  6. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    46 citations

  7. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    105 citations

  8. Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research

    Mumbai, India

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of Educational Development

    IJED · 3 publications · 69 citations

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  2. Journal of African Economies

    2 publications · 50 citations

    2

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  3. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 2 publications · 38 citations

    2

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  4. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 2 publications · 35 citations

    2

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  5. Health Economics

    1 publications · 39 citations

    1

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