Cash Transfers, Food Prices, and Nutrition Impacts on Nonbeneficiary Children

Cash Transfers, Food Prices, and Nutrition Impacts on Nonbeneficiary Children

Cash transfer programs may generate significant general equilibrium effects that can detract from the anti-poverty goals of the program. Data from a randomized evaluation of a Philippine cash transfer program targeted to poor households show that a...

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Main Authors: Filmer, Deon, Friedman, Jed, Kandpal, Eeshani, Onishi, Junko
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
NUTRITION
CASH TRANSFERS
FOOD PRICES
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM EFFECTS
SPILLOVER EFFECT
POVERTY REDUCTION
STUNTING
HEALTH MARKET
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/989031522077749796/General-equilibrium-effects-of-targeted-cash-transfers-nutrition-impacts-on-non-beneficiary-children
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29557

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/989031522077749796/General-equilibrium-effects-of-targeted-cash-transfers-nutrition-impacts-on-non-beneficiary-children
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29557

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