The "Glass of Milk" subsidy program and malnutrition in Peru

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 421-448

  Stifel, David ^a   Alderman, Harold ^b  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PUBLIC SPENDING; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33749640966     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhl002     Document Type: Article

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