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Better Policies from Policy-Selective Aid?

Annen, Kurt - 2019

This paper shows that the increased policy-selectivity of aid allocations observed in recent years provides recipient countries an incentive to improve policies. The paper estimates that a change in the World Banks Country Policy and Institutional Assessment policy index from 1.5 to 2 for a...

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The Strategic Use and Potential Demand for an HIV Vaccine in Southern Africa

Desmond, Christopher - 2017

HIV prevalence in Southern Africa is the highest in the world and the impact of HIV/AIDS in the region are devastating …

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Using Lotteries to Incentivize Safer Sexual Behavior : Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial on HIV Prevention

Bjorkman Nyqvist, Martina - 2017

Financial incentives are a promising HIV prevention strategy. This paper assesses the effect on HIV incidence of a lottery program in Lesotho with low expected payments but a chance to win a high prize conditional on negative test results for sexually transmitted infections. The intervention...

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Rewarding Safer Sex : Conditional Cash Transfers for Hiv/Sti Prevention

de Walque, Damien - 2017

Incentive-based policies have been shown to be powerful in many areas of behavior, but have rarely been tested in the sexual domain. The Rewarding Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention and Control in Tanzania (RESPECT) study is a randomized controlled trial testing the hypothesis that a...

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HIV Testing, Behavior Change, and the Transition to Adulthood in Malawi

Beegle, Kathleen - 2017

For young adults living in countries with AIDS epidemics, getting an HIV test may influence near-term decisions, such …

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The Heterogeneous Effects of HIV Testing

Baird, Sarah - 2017

An extensive multi-disciplinary literature examines the effects of learning one's HIV status on subsequent risky sexual behaviors. However, many of these studies rely on non-experimental designs; use self-reported outcome measures, or both. This study investigates the effects of a randomly...

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Coping with Risk : The Effects of Shocks on Reproductive Health and Transactional Sex in Rural Tanzania

de Walque, Damien - 2017

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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Using Provider Performance Incentives to Increase HIV Testing and Counseling Services in Rwanda

de Walque, Damien - 2017

services delivery, including HIV/AIDS services. This study examines the scheme's impact on individual and couples HIV testing …

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How Subjective Beliefs About HIV Infection Affect Life-Cycle Fertility : Evidence from Rural Malawi

Shapira, Gil - 2017

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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Evidence-Based Implementation Efficiency Analysis of the Hiv/Aids National Response in Colombia

Moreno, Antonio - 2017

This study on the implementation efficiency of the HIV/AIDS national response in Colombia seeks to examine how it has …-study analysis to visualize the ways in which people are cared for in practice. The available data suggest that the HIV/AIDS response … budgetary efficiency of the HIV/AIDS response …

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