Finance & economics | Gender inequality
Making room for girls
Developing countries are making progress in improving girls' education, but only slowly and inconsistently
By C.R. | LONDON
IN THIS week's print edition we look at an important issue in development economics: how to reduce the gap between the number of girls and boys being educated in poor countries.
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