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Infant malnutrition, clean-water access and government interventions in India: a machine learning approach towards causal inference

Dweepobotee Brahmaa Brookings Institution India Center, New Delhi, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Debasri Mukherjeeb Economics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Pages 1426-1431 | Published online: 17 Sep 2020

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