Welfare Grants and Their Impact on Child Health: The Case of Sri Lanka

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1843-1857

  Himaz, Rozana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child health; matching methods; South Asia; Sri Lanka; welfare programs

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SERVICES; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; WELFARE IMPACT; WELFARE PROVISION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 53749084347     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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