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Special Section on Social Cash Transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa

From protection to production: productive impacts of the Malawi Social Cash Transfer scheme

Katia Covarrubias Agricultural Development Economics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153, Rome, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Benjamin Davis Agricultural Development Economics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153, Rome, Italy
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Paul Winters Department of Economics, American University Washington, DC, 20016, USA
Pages 50-77 | Published online: 22 Feb 2012

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