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decisions and income growth of lowered life expectancy as a result of diseases such as HIV/AIDS. We show that an increased … probability of premature death leads to less investment in human capital, and consequently slower growth. We also empirically … investigate the effect of HIV/AIDS on life expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa and the role of health in the level of educational …
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disease, on human capital investment decisions and income growth. This research is particularly relevant to Sub-Saharan Africa … given the dramatic reduction in life expectancy due to HIV/AIDS and the potential lasting effects on growth. Our results … indicate that as life expectancy shortens so does schooling inducing a lower growth rate of income. These relationships are …
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disease, on human capital investment decisions and income growth. This research is particularly relevant to Sub-Saharan Africa … given the dramatic reduction in life expectancy due to HIV/AIDS and the potential lasting effects on growth. Our results … indicate that as life expectancy shortens so does schooling inducing a lower growth rate of income. These relationships are …
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The view that widows and their dependents face greater livelihood risks in the era of HIV/AIDS is indeed supported by nationally-representative survey results from Zambia. Efforts to safeguard widows’ rights to land through land tenure innovations involving community authorities may be an...
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Since the southern African food crisis of 2001/02, the ‘new-variant famine’ (NVF) hypothesis first proposed by de Waal and Whiteside (2003) has become an important part of the conventional wisdom surrounding the relationship between HIV/AIDS and food crises in the region. The NVF hypothesis...
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Replaced with revised version of paper 08/04/09.
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This paper examines the high value chains (HVC) for green bean exports from Africa to identify the critical points at …
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