Credit program outcomes: Coping capacity and nutritional status in the food insecure context of Ethiopia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2371-2382

  Doocy, Shannon ^a   Teferra, Shimeles ^b   Norell, Dan ^c   Burnham, Gilbert ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WISDOM Microfinance Institution   (Ethiopia)

^c World Vision International   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping capacity; Credit programs; Ethiopia; Microfinance; Nutrition status

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; CREDIT PROVISION; FOOD SECURITY; MICROFINANCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ACCOUNTING; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 14644426648     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.10.025     Document Type: Article

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