Women's Organisations, maternal knowledge, and social capital to reduce prevalence of stunted children: Evidence from Rural Nepal

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 456-489

  Eklund, Per ^a   Imai, Katsushi ^b   Felloni, Fabrizio ^c  

^a RESOURCE SYSTEMS GROUP INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c International Fund for Agricultural Development   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; ECONOMETRICS; EMPOWERMENT; MALNUTRITION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WOMENS ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33947594418     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380701204406     Document Type: Article

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