Winning or buying hearts and minds?: Cash transfers and political attitudes in Pakistan
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Social protection; Political attitudes; Cash transfers; Pakistan;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2020-02-24 (Development)
- NEP-POL-2020-02-24 (Positive Political Economics)
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