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Conditional Cash Transfers and Financial Access: Increasing the Bang for Each Transferred Buck?

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  • Silvia Prina

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  • Carlos Chiapa & Silvia Prina, 2017. "Conditional Cash Transfers and Financial Access: Increasing the Bang for Each Transferred Buck?," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 35(1), pages 23-38, January.
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