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The child health effects of terrorism: evidence from the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria

Uche Eseosa Ekhator-MobayodeWorld Bank Africa, Forced Displacement Fellow, The World Bank Group, Washington DC, USACorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Abraham Abebe AsfawDepartment of Economics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
Pages 624-638 | Published online: 25 Aug 2018

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