Subsidized childcare and child development in Colombia: Effects of Hogares Comunitarios de Bienestar as a function of timing and length of exposure
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- Raquel Bernal & Camila Fernández, "undated". "Subsidized Childcare and Child Development in Colombia: Effects of Hogares Comunitarios de Bienestar as a Function of Timing and Length of Exposure," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 60fdfe589a004c8e87bb8ded3, Mathematica Policy Research.
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Colombia; Child development; Childcare; Nutrition; Early childhood intervention; Poverty; Developing countries; Latin America;
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