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Women's stated preferences for conditional cash transfer programs focused on maternal and child health and nutrition in India (P22-012-19)

Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) are important national strategies to improve maternal and child health and nutrition. India recently began implementing a Maternity Benefit Program (MBP) to encourage health care use during pregnancy and early childhood; under discussion is to include child nutritio...

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Main Authors: Kachwaha, Shivani, Rao, Krishna, Kaplan, Avril, Bishai, David
Format: Abstract
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford University Press 2019
Subjects:
child nutrition
health
child health
social protection
nutrition
cash transfers
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146124
Summary:Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) are important national strategies to improve maternal and child health and nutrition. India recently began implementing a Maternity Benefit Program (MBP) to encourage health care use during pregnancy and early childhood; under discussion is to include child nutrition services within a CCT program. This paper aims to understand the preferences of mothers with young children for design features (cash transfer amount and conditionalities) of CCT programs.

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