Title: Can conditional cash transfers improve maternal health and birth outcomes? : evidence from El Salvador's Comunidades solidarias rurales

Authors: Brauw, Alan de and Peterman, Amber

Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: International food policy research institute (IFPRI)

Year: 2011

Journal: IFPRI discussion paper

Volume: 1080

PAGE: --

Subject: Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

Keywords: maternal health services, maternal welfare, financing, el salvador

Abstract: This paper evaluates the impact of El Salvador’s CCT program Comunidades Solidarias Rurales on a range of maternal and reproductive health outcomes: prenatal care, skilled attendance at birth, birth in a health facility and postnatal care.

URL: http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ifpridp01080.pdf

Document type: E-article