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This paper examines the relationship between health aid and infant mortality, using data from 118 countries between 1973 and 2004. Health aid has a statistically significant effect on infant mortality: doubling per capita health aid is associated with a 2 percent reduction in the infant...
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The Welfare Improvement Strategy (WIS) of Uzbekistan has the objective of improving living standards of its people with the help of strong economic policies for all priority areas of development. The report reviews economic and social policies and assesses the living standards of its people. It...
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This Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix paper analyzes the macroeconomic impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, as well … as its repercussions on fiscal policy of Namibia. The paper seeks to assess the macroeconomic impact of HIV/AIDS under a … paper also identifies the effect of HIV/AIDS on the real GDP growth rate over the medium term through a source of growth …
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Using available data on the distribution of HIV/AIDS prevalence across population groups for four sub-Saharan African … countries and transposing this information to household income and expenditure surveys, we simulate the impact of HIV/AIDS on …
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This paper provides an overview of the potential macroeconomic effects of HIV/AIDS in Botswana, focusing on the key … impact of HIV/AIDS, a dual-economy equilibrium model is constructed and simulated under different scenarios. Depending on … exactly how AIDS affects the outlook, GDP growth is projected to fall from around 5½ percent a year without the pandemic to …
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This paper discusses Mozambique’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper—Economic and Social Plan for 2005. In the international context, the paper presents the evolution of the international economy so as to understand under what economic conditions the country will have to implement...
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The paper provides an economic analysis of the impact of HIV/AIDS on the health sector i Southern Africa. It provides … increasing numbers of patients with HIV/AIDS-related diseases, it is essential to expand the already strained health facilities …
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This Selected Issues paper for Botswana highlights the macroeconomic impact of an effectively implemented National Strategic Framework (NSF) program. The NSF is anchored on the goals of prevention, care, and support; management of the national response; economic impact mitigation; and provision...
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This Selected Issues paper reviews the status and potential impacts of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. It draws on …
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The paper addresses the impact of HIV/AIDS on per capita output and income, with particular emphasis on the role of … finds that HIV/AIDS affects both the supply of labor and the demand for labor in the formal sector. Only if there is a … HIV/AIDS on output is complemented by an assessment of the impact on income. …
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