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Estimating the resources needed and savings anticipated from roll-out of adult male circumcision in sub-Saharan Africa

Auvert B.; Marseille E.; Korenromp E.L.; Lloyd-Smith J.; … - 2008

Background: Trials in Africa indicate that medical adult male circumcision (MAMC) reduces the risk of HIV by 60%. MAMC may avert 2 to 8 million HIV infections over 20 years in sub-Saharan Africa and cost less than treating those who would have been infected. This paper estimates the financial...

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Regulation of the Electricity Industry in Bolivia: Its Impact on Access to the Poor, Prices and Quality

Bojanic, Antonio; Krakowski, Michael - 2003

This paper takes stock with the results of utility privatization in Bolivia. This paper deals with the process of … electricity industry has indeed lessen poverty levels in urban Bolivia by making this utility more accessible to larger segments … of the urban population. The same cannot be said, however, about rural Bolivia. The results show that coverage has …

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Bolivien: Armut schweißt zusammen

Winter, Johannes - 2007

Die Verstaatlichungspolitik der sozialistischen Regierung spaltet die bolivianische Gesellschaft. Generell ist der Andenstaat ein Land voller Gegensätze: Das Nebeneinander unterschiedlicher Ethnien, starke ökonomische und regionale Disparitäten und die trotz Ressourcenreichtum verbreitete...

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Estimating the Opportunity Cost of Lithium Extraction in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

Aguilar-Fernandez, Rodrigo - 2009

is the key factor. The Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia holds the largest source of lithium in the world; however, its …

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POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF NATIONALIZATION OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY IN LATIN AMERICA

Cabezas, Brian F. - 2007

past few years, Venezuela and Bolivia have announced plans to renationalizetheir oil and natural gas industry.The first … focusing specifically on four countries – Bolivia,Venezuela, Mexico and Nigeria. There are various components influencing the …

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Credit guarantee schemes and the support of small businesses in Lesotho

Lepolesa, Gerard - 2008

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are regarded as core drivers of private sectordevelopment in many countries. By their nature, SMEs encounter enormous problems,ranging from usage of appropriate technology, access to raw materials, lack of skills, etc.However, access to...

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The financial sustainability of South Africa's National Development Finance Institutions

Mulusa, Lucky Mabenga - 2008

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) in South Africa can enhance their role as prime vehicles for the Government to achieve the social objectives of meeting the millennium goals. This can be achieved by ensuring that higher ratios of resources available to the DFIs are...

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Improving public-private partnership deal flow for infrastructure delivery in South Africa : the role of National Treasury

Ngamlana, Philbert Xola - 2009

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The traditional form of delivering infrastructure and services by government is fraught with problems. These include cost overruns, time overruns and neglect of maintenance resulting in dilapidated and aged infrastructure. Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are emerging as an...

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The use of innovative financing structures in facilitating BEE transactions in South Africa

Ramathe, Mamokete - 2009

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Black Economic Empowerment (“BEE”) is an imperative economic tool that the South African government established to achieve its transformational objectives which are meant to grow the economy, decrease inequalities and create more job and business opportunities for the South...

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Is there a solution to the challenges being faced in the capital markets in Zambia?

Nglazi-Tembo, Wendy - 2009

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examines whether there is a solution to the challenges being faced in the capitalmarkets in Zambia. Literature on how other countries have overcome these challenges isreviewed to determine whether there is a solution to these challenges. The study also testsfor the...

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