Do Safety Net Transfers Improve Diets and Reduce Undernutrition? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2019, Pages 1947-1966

  Gebrehiwot, Tagel ^a   Castilla, Carolina ^b  

^a Near National Stadium   (Ethiopia)

^b Assistant Professor in the University Libraries   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DIET; FOOD SAFETY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL AREA;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 85052146490     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2018.1502881     Document Type: Article

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