Is health aid reaching the poor? Analysis of household data from aid recipient countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bendavid, Eran ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALARIA; PARENTAL SCHOOLING; POVERTY; SOUTH AMERICA; URBANIZATION;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POVERTY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84896762005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084025     Document Type: Article

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