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Is Decentralized Iron Fortification a Feasible Option to Fight Anemia Among the Poorest?

In: Explorations in the Economics of Aging

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  • Abhijit Banerjee
  • Esther Duflo
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  • Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo & Rachel Glennerster, 2011. "Is Decentralized Iron Fortification a Feasible Option to Fight Anemia Among the Poorest?," NBER Chapters, in: Explorations in the Economics of Aging, pages 317-344, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    1. Banerjee, Abhijit & Barnhardt, Sharon & Duflo, Esther, 2018. "Can iron-fortified salt control anemia? Evidence from two experiments in rural Bihar," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 133(C), pages 127-146.
    2. Marion Krämer & Santosh Kumar & Sebastian Vollmer, 2018. "Improving Children Health and Cognition: Evidence from School-Based Nutrition Intervention in India," Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers 247, Courant Research Centre PEG.
    3. Anandi Mani & Sendhil Mullainathan & Eldar Shafir & Jiaying Zhao, 2020. "Scarcity and Cognitive Function around Payday: A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis," Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, University of Chicago Press, vol. 5(4), pages 365-376.
    4. Marion Krämer & Santosh Kumar & Sebastian Vollmer, 2018. "Impact of delivering iron-fortified salt through a school feeding program on child health, education and cognition: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in rural India," GlobalFood Discussion Papers 269560, Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen, GlobalFood, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development.
    5. David Greenberg & Burt S. Barnow, 2014. "Flaws in Evaluations of Social Programs," Evaluation Review, , vol. 38(5), pages 359-387, October.
    6. Abhijit Banerjee & Sharon Barnhardt & Esther Duflo, 2015. "Movies, Margins, and Marketing: Encouraging the Adoption of Iron-Fortified Salt," NBER Chapters, in: Insights in the Economics of Aging, pages 285-306, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    7. Berry, James & Mehta, Saurabh & Mukherjee, Priya & Ruebeck, Hannah & Shastry, Gauri Kartini, 2020. "Implementation and effects of India's national school-based iron supplementation program," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 144(C).
    8. Manjisha Sinha & R. Sendhil & B. S. Chandel & Ravinder Malhotra & Ajmer Singh & Sujeet Kumar Jha & Gopal Sankhala, 2022. "Are Multidimensional Poor more Vulnerable to Climate change? Evidence from Rural Bihar, India," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 162(1), pages 123-149, July.

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