Assessing interventions to improve child nutrition: a theory-based impact evaluation of the Bangladesh integrated nutrition project

Journal of International Development

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 627-652

  White, Howard ^a   Masset, Edoardo ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Behaviour change; Food nutrition

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34547219917     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1344     Document Type: Article

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