Argentina : Assessing Changes in Targeting Health and Nutrition Policies
This study assesses the level of targeting achieved in health and nutrition policies directed to pregnant women and children under 5 years of age in Argentina. It is based on information from two large household data sets collected through Living S...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/10/5363456/argentina-assessing-changes-targeting-health-nutrition-policies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13647 |
| Summary: | This study assesses the level of
targeting achieved in health and nutrition policies directed
to pregnant women and children under 5 years of age in
Argentina. It is based on information from two large
household data sets collected through Living Standards
Measurement Surveys undertaken in 1997 and 2001. The results
suggest that although health and nutrition public programs
are pro-poor, they became less so between 1997 and 2001 for
two reasons: a substantial reduction in the fertility rate
of poor couples, and an increase in the use of public
facilities by wealthier households, likely triggered by the
economic crisis that Argentina has suffered since 1998. |
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