Oportunidades: Program effect on consumption, low participation, and methodological issues

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 479-506

  Ancelucci, Manuela ^a   Attanasio, Orazio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL POLICY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 63449123270     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596616     Document Type: Article

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