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Accelerating the education sector response to HIV : five years of experience from Sub-Saharan Africa
Bundy, Donald A. P. (contributor) - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393453
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Potential applications of conditional cash transfers for prevention of sexually transmitted infections and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
Medlin, Carol - 2008
"A growing number of developing countries have introduced conditional cash transfer programs that provide money to poor families with certain contingencies attached - such as requiring school attendance or regular immunization and health check-ups. As the popularity of conditional cash transfer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521086
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Health care decisions as a family matter : intrahousehold education externalities and the utilization of health services
Lindelow, Magnus - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523010
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Lessons Learned from Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in Transport Sector Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa
World Bank - 2012
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) pandemic burdens Sub-Saharan Africa … (SSA) and continues to constrain its social and economic advancement. Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has … estimated that in southern Africa alone, 930,000 adults and children died of AIDS in 2005. This represents about one-third of …
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Improving health, nutrition, and population outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa : the role of the World Bank
World Bank - 2005
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Improving Health, Nutrition and Population Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa : The Role of the World Bank
World Bank - 2013
In recent years, the focus in many developing regions is increasingly moving away from communicable disease, where as Africa continues to face a high burden of communicable disease, malnutrition, and fertility. At the same time, the ways in which the World Bank operates are changing -...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012563942
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Exit and save : migration and saving under violence
Grun, Rebekka E. - 2009
"This paper examines how households trade off migration and savings when subject to exogenous violence. The authors propose that households under violence decide jointly on migration and saving, because a higher asset-stock is more difficult to carry to a new place. When confronted with...
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Household investment under violence : the Colombian case
Grun, Rebekka E. - 2008
"Households in rural Colombia are confronted with a variety of violent threats: attacks and displacement threats by guerrillas and paramilitaries, gang violence among drug traffickers, and high common delinquency. In this context, households have to adjust their day-to-day decisions, including...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521046
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Linking representative household models with household surveys for poverty analysis : a comparison of alternative methodologies
Agénor, Pierre-Richard - 2004
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