Download This PaperImproving Nutritional Outcomes through Conditional Cash Transfers
5 Pages Posted: 14 Jun 2019
Date Written: November 22, 2017
Abstract
The Indian Government plans to universalise the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana – a conditional cash transfer programme for pregnant women and lactating mothers that aims to improve maternal and child health. We present findings from a pilot undertaken in Bihar to test the efficacy of conditional cash transfers to improve nutritional outcomes.
Keywords: Cash transfers, Conditional, Malnutrition, Hunger, India, maternal and child health
JEL Classification: I10
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Kumar, Alok and Palit, Sneha, Improving Nutritional Outcomes through Conditional Cash Transfers (November 22, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3397864 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3397864
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