Impact evaluation of school feeding programmes in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Journal of Development Effectiveness

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 520-542

  Buttenheim, Alison ^a   Alderman, Harold ^b   Friedman, Jed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

condition transfer; food for education; impact evaluation; Lao PDR; propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIAL POLICY;

LAOS;

EID: 84864540145     PISSN: 19439342     EISSN: 19439407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2011.634511     Document Type: Article

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