, followed by a rise in human capital accumulation and economic growth. The HIV/AIDS epidemic threatens to reverse this path. A … recent paper by Young (2005), however, suggests that similar to the Black Death episode in Europe, HIV/AIDS will actually …

The HIV epidemic has dramatically decreased labor supply among prime-age adults in sub-Saharan Africa. Using within …

The HIV epidemic has dramatically decreased labor supply among prime-age adults in sub-Saharan Africa. Using within …

, and input-output relations in the South. The main findings are: (i) Education and governance raise the level of TFP … directly; and (ii) education and governance also raise TFP through their interaction with foreign R&D in R …) that taking into account the interaction effects between trade, education and governance by reforming the policies …

the World Bank Governance Indicators (WBGI). Based on a panel of 25 transition countries for the period from 1996 to 2008 …

by sub-regions, the magnitude of the colonial vestige in Africa is a significant determinant of emigration flows. Overall …

but positive in Africa. We suggest that amongst reasons why African women behave differently are that the conventional … non-employment. In Africa, there is a decline in paid employment which overwhelms the rise in self-employment and this is …

Africa. Five challenges resulting from this crisis are identified: a production challenge, an underutilization challenge, a …