Does Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program improve child nutrition?

Food Security

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1273-1289

  Debela, Bethelhem Legesse ^a   Shively, Gerald ^a,b   Holden, Stein T ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Ethiopia; Food security; Nutrition; Safety net

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SECURITY; LABOR; NUTRITION;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84941702561     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-015-0499-9     Document Type: Article

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