Can rights-based conditional cash transfers improve children’s nutrition at scale? Evidence from India’s maternity benefit program
This study evaluates the impact of India’s Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), a large-scale conditional cash transfer (CCT) program targeting women during their first birth, on child nutrition. Using National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data from 2005 to 2021, we assess changes in growth f...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Preprint |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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MedRxiv
2025
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/172957 |
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