Social protection for all ages? Impacts of Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Program on child nutrition

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue , 2016, Pages 92-99

  Porter, Catherine ^a   Goyal, Radhika ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Ethiopia; Nutrition; Social protection

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; FOOD SECURITY; NUTRITION; SOCIAL POLICY;

CALORIE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHIOPIA; FOOD SECURITY; HEIGHT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INVESTMENT; PROGRAM IMPACT; SAFETY; SIBLING; ADOLESCENT; CATERING SERVICE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ETHIOPIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84966272934     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.05.001     Document Type: Article

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