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Cash transfers in LMICs may help alleviate depression and anxiety symptoms - especially if such transfers are unconditional

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Do cash transfers alleviate common mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries? A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Cash transfers in LMICs may help alleviate depression and anxiety symptoms - especially if such transfers are unconditional

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281283

Article Title: Do cash transfers alleviate common mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Author Countries: UK, Germany

Funding: JS was supported by the Joachim Herz Foundation (https://www.joachim-herz-stiftung.de/en/). AR received funding from the Wellcome Trust (220206/Z/20/Z, https://wellcome.org). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.


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