Targeting cash to malawi's ultra-poor: A mixed methods evaluation

Development Policy Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 481-502

  Miller, Candace M ^a   Tsoka, Maxton ^b   Reichert, Kathryn ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c MANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cash transfer; Malawi; Mixed methods; Social protection; Targeting

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; POVERTY DETERMINANT; RESOURCE USE; TARGETING;

MALAWI;

EID: 77954191446     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2010.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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