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Impact Evaluation of Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Interventions

Gaarder, Marie; Annan, Jeannie - 2013

The international community is paying increased attention to the 25 percent of the world's population that lives in fragile and conflict affected settings, acknowledging that these settings represent daunting development challenges. To deliver better results on the ground, it is necessary to...

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HIV/AIDS, Climate Change and Disaster Management : Challenges for Institutions in Malawi

Suarez, Pablo; Givah, Precious; Storey, Kelvin - 2012

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 …

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Potential Applications of Conditional Cash Transfers for Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa

Medlin, Carol; de Walque, Damien - 2012

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...

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Exploring the Links between HIV/AIDS, Social Capital, and Development

David, Antonio C.; Li, Carmen A. - 2012

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 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552470

Adult Mortality and Children's Transition into Marriage

Beegle, Kathleen; Krutikova, Sofya - 2012

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

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HIV/AIDS and Social Capital in a Cross-Section of Countries

David, Antonio C. - 2012

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 …

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The Determinants of HIV Infection and Related Sexual Behaviors : Evidence from Lesotho

Corno, Lucia; de Walque, Damien - 2012

This paper analyzes the socioeconomic determinants of HIV infection and related sexual behaviors using the 2004 Lesotho Demographic and Health Survey. The authors find that in Lesotho education appears to have a protective effect: it is negatively associated with HIV infection (although not...

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Who Gets AIDS and How? The Determinants of HIV Infection and Sexual Behaviors in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania

de Walque, Damien - 2012

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

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Discordant Couples : HIV Infection Among Couples in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania

de Walque, Damien - 2012

surprising findings about the dynamics of the HIV/AIDS epidemic which have important implications for policy. First, at least two …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553778

Education and HIV/AIDS Prevention : Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Western Kenya

Duflo, Esther; Dupas, Pascaline; Kremer, Michael - 2012

The authors report results from a randomized evaluation comparing three school-based HIV/AIDS interventions in Kenya …: (1) training teachers in the Kenyan Government's HIV/AIDS-education curriculum; (2) encouraging students to debate the … role of condoms and to write essays on how to protect themselves against HIV/AIDS; and (3) reducing the cost of education …

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