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Aid allocation studies typically find considerable heterogeneity in donors’ allocation patterns; be it for total Official Development Assistance (ODA) or sector-specific aid. This paper investigates the underlying factors influencing donors’ selection and actual allocation decisions for...
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We construct a theoretical model that examines the relationship between HIV/AIDS and foreign direct investment and … employ panel data from 41 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to test the implications of the model. We find that HIV/AIDS … has a negative but diminishing effect on FDI. Furthermore, the adverse effect occurs even when the HIV prevalence rate is …
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incomes of high-skilled survivors, thus increasing inequality. -- labor supply ; wages ; health ; AIDS ; HIV ; development …The HIV epidemic has dramatically decreased labor supply among prime-age adults in sub-Saharan Africa. Using within …-country variation in regional HIV prevalence and a synthetic panel, I find that HIV significantly increases the capital-labor ratio in …
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the HIV/AIDS pandemic prior to the availability of treatment was larger in magnitude than previously understood, but may …The risk of AIDS-related mortality increased dramatically throughout the 1990s. This paper updates previous work by …,300,000 observations. Cohort-specific analysis using the updated sample yields new evidence that the negative relationship between HIV …
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the HIV/AIDS pandemic prior to the availability of treatment was larger in magnitude than previously understood, but may …The risk of AIDS-related mortality increased dramatically throughout the 1990s. This paper updates previous work by …,300,000 observations. Cohort-specific analysis using the updated sample yields new evidence that the negative relationship between HIV …
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the HIV/AIDS pandemic prior to the availability of treatment was larger in magnitude than previously understood, but may …The risk of AIDS-related mortality increased dramatically throughout the 1990s. This paper updates previous work by …,300,000 observations. Cohort-specific analysis using the updated sample yields new evidence that the negative relationship between HIV …
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Evidence of relationships between religious affiliation and the African AIDS pandemic is found in the medical, religion …, and sociology literature. In particular, studies have shown that predominantly Christian countries tend to have higher HIV … drives the Christianity/HIV correlation. (Also, condom use actually correlates positively with HIV prevalence, though reverse …
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Introduction: The extraordinarily high incidence of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa led to the search for cofactor infections … out of the ten randomized controlled trials (RCTs), however, failed to demonstrate that treating STIs could lower HIV … ineffective in reducing HIV incidence. Discussion: Examination of the trials reveals critical methodological problems sufficient …
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’s living country significantly determines his/her current-day probability of being HIV positive. As a matter of fact, by using … countries are generally land-locked and got their independence very early. They had relatively high fertility and HIV prevalence …
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