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The CLER model of innovation diffusion, planned change, and development: A conceptual update and applications

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H.S. Bhola is professor of education at Indiana University. He has done considerable work in the area of international literacy, including a book,Campaigning For Literacy, published by UNESCO.

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Bhola, H.S. The CLER model of innovation diffusion, planned change, and development: A conceptual update and applications. Knowledge in Society 1, 56–66 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02737059

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