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Book Title: Growing Fairly: How To Build Opportunity And Equity In Workf...
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Growing Fairly : How to Build Opportunity and Equity in Workforce Development
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Publication Year: 2022
Subject: Labor & Industrial Relations, Public Affairs & Administration, Commerce, Public Policy / Regional Planning
Item Height: 0.7 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 15.7 Oz
Item Length: 8.8 in
Author: Kate Markin Coleman, Stephen Goldsmith
Subject Area: Political Science, Business & Economics
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: Brookings / Ash Center Series, &Quot;Innovative Governance in the 21st Century&Quot; Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
