IMPACT OF UNCONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER ON CHILD NUTRITION IN PAKISTAN EVIDENCE FROM BENAZIR INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAM BISP

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/ger.2019(IV-IV).07      10.31703/ger.2019(IV-IV).07      Published : Dec 2019
Authored by : Ghulam Mustafa , Amanat Ali , Nasir Iqbal

07 Pages : 71-88

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    APA : Mustafa, G., Ali, A., & Iqbal, N. (2019). Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfer on Child Nutrition in Pakistan: Evidence from Benazir Income Support Program (BISP). Global Economics Review, IV(IV), 71-88. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2019(IV-IV).07
    CHICAGO : Mustafa, Ghulam, Amanat Ali, and Nasir Iqbal. 2019. "Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfer on Child Nutrition in Pakistan: Evidence from Benazir Income Support Program (BISP)." Global Economics Review, IV (IV): 71-88 doi: 10.31703/ger.2019(IV-IV).07
    HARVARD : MUSTAFA, G., ALI, A. & IQBAL, N. 2019. Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfer on Child Nutrition in Pakistan: Evidence from Benazir Income Support Program (BISP). Global Economics Review, IV, 71-88.
    MHRA : Mustafa, Ghulam, Amanat Ali, and Nasir Iqbal. 2019. "Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfer on Child Nutrition in Pakistan: Evidence from Benazir Income Support Program (BISP)." Global Economics Review, IV: 71-88
    MLA : Mustafa, Ghulam, Amanat Ali, and Nasir Iqbal. "Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfer on Child Nutrition in Pakistan: Evidence from Benazir Income Support Program (BISP)." Global Economics Review, IV.IV (2019): 71-88 Print.
    OXFORD : Mustafa, Ghulam, Ali, Amanat, and Iqbal, Nasir (2019), "Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfer on Child Nutrition in Pakistan: Evidence from Benazir Income Support Program (BISP)", Global Economics Review, IV (IV), 71-88
    TURABIAN : Mustafa, Ghulam, Amanat Ali, and Nasir Iqbal. "Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfer on Child Nutrition in Pakistan: Evidence from Benazir Income Support Program (BISP)." Global Economics Review IV, no. IV (2019): 71-88. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2019(IV-IV).07