Cash Transfers and Anemia Among Women of Reproductive Age

Norbert Schady

No 4038, IDB Publications (Working Papers) from Inter-American Development Bank

Abstract: Iron deficiency anemia is the most prevalent nutritional deficiency in the world, affecting more than 2 billion people in developing countries. We show that a modest cash transfer substantially reduced anemia among women of reproductive age in rural Ecuador.

Keywords: Cash transfers; health status (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I1 I3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-07
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