A cost-benefit framework for evaluating conditional cash-transfer programs
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- Brent, Robert J., 2013. "A cost-benefit framework for evaluating conditional cash-transfer programs," Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 4(2), pages 159-180, August.
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