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female genital mutilation are often associated with sexual behaviors, practices, and knowledge related to AIDS. This might …
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paper exploits this feature of the data for Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania. The analysis yields two … surprising findings about the dynamics of the HIV/AIDS epidemic which have important implications for policy. First, at least two …
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-depth studies in Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, and Tanzania between 2010 and 2012. The paper shows that the share of SME …
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Adult mortality due to HIV/AIDS and other diseases is posited to affect children through a number of pathways. On top … Tanzania in the early 1990s and re-interviewed in 2004. They find that while girls who became paternal orphans married at …
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The authors use a 13-year panel of individuals in Tanzania to assess how adult mortality shocks affect both short and …
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contributor to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This paper uses data from a panel of women in rural Tanzania whose primary occupation is …
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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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The authors investigate the microfinance regulatory regimes in Benin, Ghana, and Tanzania, with a view to identifying …
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Road construction has often been viewed as the precursor to deforestation, especially in tropical forests. Traditional responses to such threats have been reactive, with attempts to mitigate impacts through physical measures, or the establishment of protected areas. These approaches often have...
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This study examines the impact of climate change on crop farming in Cameroon. The country's economy is predominantly … development. Fluctuations in national income are due not merely to the decline in world demand for Cameroon's traditional … study reaffirms that agriculture in Cameroon is often limited by seasonality and the availability of moisture. Although …
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