Do Informed Citizens Receive More…or Pay More? The Impact of Radio on the Government Distribution of Public Health Benefits

The government provision of free or subsidized bed nets to combat malaria in Benin allows the identification of new channels through which mass media affect public policy outcomes. Prior research has concluded that governments provide greater priva...

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Main Authors:	Keefer, Philip, Khemani, Stuti
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO RADIO AGENTS AGGRESSIVE AVERAGE NUMBER OF CHILDREN BED NETS BROADCASTERS BROADCASTING CAREGIVERS CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILD SURVIVAL CITIZEN CITIZENS COMMUNICATION EFFORTS COMMUNITY RADIO COMMUNITY RADIO PROGRAMMING COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS DEMOCRACY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISASTERS DISSEMINATION DIVORCE EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION POLICIES EDUCATION SERVICES ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ETHNIC GROUPS FAMILY PLANNING FERTILITY GENOCIDE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE HEALTH MESSAGES HEALTH OFFICIALS HEALTH POLICIES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH WORKERS HIGH SCHOOL HIGHER EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INSECTICIDE TREATMENT INSECTICIDE-TREATED NETS KIDS LACK OF INFORMATION LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LEADING CAUSES LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH LEARNING LEGISLATORS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LICENSING LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY LITERACY LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL HEALTH SERVICES LOCAL RADIO LOCAL RADIO STATIONS MALARIA MALARIA CONTROL MALARIA CONTROL PROGRAMS MALARIA PREVENTION MALARIA PROGRAM MALARIA PROGRAMS MARITAL STATUS MASS MEDIA MEDIA ATTENTION MEDIA COVERAGE MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY NATURAL DISASTER NETWORKS NUMBER OF ADULTS NUMBER OF CHILDREN POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL POWER PREGNANT WOMEN PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROGRESS PROVISION OF INFORMATION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLISHING RADIO RADIO BROADCASTS RADIO PROGRAMS RADIO STATION RADIO STATIONS RELIGIOUS GROUPS REMOTE VILLAGES RESPECT RURAL AREAS SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SERVICE DELIVERY SMALL COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS SOCIAL MARKETING SOCIAL SERVICES SPONSORS TEACHER TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHERS TELEVISION TV URBAN CENTER URBAN CENTERS VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGE RADIO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WILLINGNESS TO PAY WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILDREN
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