HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa has been closely associated with adverse economic effects, and could thwart the success of … poverty reduction initiatives. HIV/AIDS is fast eroding the health benefits, which Kenya gained in the first two decades of … independence. The paper explores the different channels through which HIV/AIDS affects economic growth in a low-income country like …

-retroviral therapy (ART) to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic - in Africa. To identify the effect, we combine exogenous variation in the scope …

Southern African institutions involved in disaster management face two major new threats: the HIV/AIDS pandemic …, the authors find evidence of a growing gap between demand for their services and capacity to satisfy that demand. HIV/AIDS …

This paper attempts to quantify the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on social capital with cross-country data. Using … number of dimensions and highlight the empirical importance of an additional mechanism through which HIV/AIDS hinders the …

Adult mortality due to HIV/AIDS and other diseases is posited to affect children through a number of pathways. On top …

This paper attempts to quantify the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on social capital with cross-country data. It … dimensions and highlight the empirical importance of an additional mechanism through which HIV/AIDS hinders the development …

female genital mutilation are often associated with sexual behaviors, practices, and knowledge related to AIDS. This might …