Socioeconomic Inequalities in Child Malnutrition in the Developing World
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The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent. Without wishing to incriminate them in any way, we would like to acknowledge the helpful comments of Peter Lanjouw and Milla McLachlan on an earlier draft of this paper. The work towards the paper was supported by a grant from the World Bank's Research Support Board (grant # 683-47), as well as by the Bank's Visiting Fellow Program and the Japanese Trust Fund.
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تاریخ انتشار 2000