Credit programs for the poor and the health status of children in rural Bangladesh

International Economic Review

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-118

  Pitt, Mark M ^a   Khandker, Shahidur R ^b   Chowdhury, Omar Haider ^b   Millimet, Daniel L ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0037296907     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2354.t01-1-00063     Document Type: Article

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