This paper qualifies K. Rogoff's (1985) famous result that international monetary policy cooperation is counterproductive. In a model similar to his, it is shown that if wage-setters are nonatomistic and inflation averse--as policymakers are--cooperation leads to higher employment and possibly...

With the increasing prevalence of HIV infection and the high maternal mortality, orphans are a rapidly growing problem in Africa. However, few studies describe the social conditions of these children. Our study focuses on motherless children in urban and rural areas of Guinea-Bissau. A rural and...