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This paper analyzes the determinants of HIV infection and associated sexual behaviors using data from the first five Demographic and Health Surveys to include HIV testing for a representative sample of the adult population. Emerging from a wealth of country relevant results, four important...
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paper exploits this feature of the data for Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania. The analysis yields two …
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Tanzania is well placed to receive a significant increase in aid inflows in coming years. Despite the potential for the … approach to explain movements in Tanzania's real effective exchange in recent decades. Particular attention is paid to the … detailed analysis of this relationship over the last decade shows that the Bank of Tanzania's response to aid inflows is likely …
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The authors examine the empirical evidence in support of the poverty trap view of underdevelopment. They calibrate simple aggregate growth models in which poverty traps can arise due to either low saving or low technology at low levels of development. They then use these models to assess the...
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This paper studies the effect of subjective beliefs about HIV infection on fertility decisions in a context of high HIV prevalence and simulates the impact of different policy interventions, such as HIV testing programs and prevention of mother-to-child transmission, on fertility and child...
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, Pakistan, and Nepal) and two from Sub-Saharan Africa (Tanzania and Uganda) -- this paper conducts a systematic assessment of … food consumption modules. Across five different countries in South Asia and Africa, the results suggest that the food …
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The authors investigate the microfinance regulatory regimes in Benin, Ghana, and Tanzania, with a view to identifying …
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This paper examines whether the structure of the Multi-Donor Budget Support (MDBS) in Ghana evolved over time to …
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This study uses the Ricardian approach to examine the economic impact of climate change on agriculture in Zimbabwe. Net …) have significant effects on net farm revenues in Zimbabwe. In addition to the analysis of all farms, the study also … suggest that agricultural production in Zimbabwe's smallholder farming system is significantly constrained by climatic factors …
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diversification in Zimbabwe following macroeconomic policy changes and droughts of the early 1990s. Data from two comparable national …
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