Publication: Linking Results to Performance: Evidence from a Results Based Financing Pre-Pilot Project in Katete District, Zambia
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2015-04
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2015-08-13
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Das, Ashis
Qamruddin, Jumana
Mkandawire, Akafwilangachi
Vledder, Monique
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“Das, Ashis; Qamruddin, Jumana; Friedman, Jed; Mkandawire, Akafwilangachi; Vledder, Monique; Chansa, Collins. 2015. Linking Results to Performance: Evidence from a Results Based Financing Pre-Pilot Project in Katete District, Zambia. Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP)
discussion paper;. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22390 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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