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Rai, Nisha A.

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Attending to traditional birth attendants: Incentives and responses in western Kenya.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Attending to traditional birth attendants: Incentives and responses in western Kenya./
作者:	Rai, Nisha A.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2015,
面頁冊數:	132 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-09(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International76-09A(E).
標題:	Economics. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3700166
ISBN:	9781321700176

Attending to traditional birth attendants: Incentives and responses in western Kenya.
Rai, Nisha A.

Attending to traditional birth attendants: Incentives and responses in western Kenya. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2015 - 132 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-09(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Georgetown University, 2015.

In this dissertation I examine topics in development economics. The first two chapters relate to Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) in the Western Province of Kenya, and the final chapter focuses on network-based hiring in sub-Saharan Africa. My first chapter studies the use of intermediaries in a maternal health program. The program provided payments for TBAs in treatment villages to encourage pregnant women to attend antenatal care (ANC) visits at a local health facility. In this way, TBAs serve as intermediaries to link pregnant women with health facilities, the TBAs' competition. I use a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the efficacy of these financial incentives. My findings suggest that living in a TBA treatment village increases the likelihood of a woman attending at least the recommended number of ANC visits by 21%.

ISBN: 9781321700176Subjects--Topical Terms:

517137
Economics.

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