Agricultural Production Subsidies and Child Health: Evidence from Malawi
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Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Development;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2016-07-02 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-DEV-2016-07-02 (Development)
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