Demand-side financing and promotion of maternal health: What has India learnt?

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 66-73

  Hunter, Benjamin M ^a   Bisht, Ramila ^b   Chakravarthi, Indira ^c   Murray, Susan F ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Nehru Memorial Museum and Library   (India)

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EID: 84892396291     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: 23498846     Source Type: Journal    
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