Unconditional cash transfer programs and women’s empowerment: evidence from Pakistan
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Empowerment; Pakistan; Unconditional; Cash transfers; Agency; Poverty reduction;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
- O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
- I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
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