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Ignoring ‘downstream infection’ in the evaluation of harm reduction interventions for injection drug users
Pollack, Harold A. - 2001
Harm reduction interventions to reduce blood-borne disease incidence among injection drug users (IDUs). A common strategy to estimate the long-term impact of such interventions is to examine short-term incidence changes within a specific group of individuals exposed to the intervention. Such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476725
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Guinea-Bissau; Second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
This paper reports on the economic and financial reforms in Guinea-Bissau. After a long period of recession since the beginning of 2000 followed by a slight recovery in 2007, the economy of Guinea-Bissau has entered a new growth spurt in 2008. The budget deficit, which averaged 10 percent of GDP...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245121
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South Africa; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
This Selected Issues paper reviews the status and potential impacts of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. It draws on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599115
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Burundi; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This paper discusses the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Burundi. The PRSP comes two and a half years after the approval in January 2004 by the Executive Boards of the IMF and the World Bank of the Interim PRSP (I-PRSP). The PRSP is also the outgrowth of a long period of negotiations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242722
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The Gambia; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Annual Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
The paper presents the Annual Progress report on The Gambia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. This has enabled the government to substantially reduce the stock of domestic arrears that have been due to contractors, consultants, and suppliers and at the same time liquidate all loans owed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242903
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Republic of Mozambique; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
The Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) on the Republic of Mozambique review the country’s macroeconomic, structural, and social policies in support of growth and poverty reduction, and external financing needs and major sources of financing. It is essential to guarantee that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244005
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The Long-Term Determinants of Female HIV Infection in Africa: The Slave Trade, Polygyny, and Sexual Behavior
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2015
We study the long-term determinants of the high rates of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly among women … trade. First we show that, in clusters where polygyny is more widespread, HIV infection rates are higher. By instrumenting … polygyny is likely to affect HIV infection by focusing on sexual behavior, as captured by the intensity of sexual activity and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307314
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The long-term determinants of female HIV infection in Africa: The slave trade, polygyny, and sexual behavior
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2015
We study the long-term determinants of the high rates of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly among women … trade. First we show that, in clusters where polygyny is more widespread, HIV infection rates are higher. By instrumenting … polygyny is likely to affect HIV infection by focusing on sexual behavior, as captured by the intensity of sexual activity and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279498
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The long-term determinants of female HIV infection in Africa : the slave trade, polygyny, and sexual behavior
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2015
We study the long-term determinants of the high rates of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly among women … trade. First we show that, in clusters where polygyny is more widespread, HIV infection rates are higher. By instrumenting … polygyny is likely to affect HIV infection by focusing on sexual behavior, as captured by the intensity of sexual activity and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279731
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The long-term determinants of female HIV infection in Africa : the slave trade, polygyny, and sexual behavior
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2015
We study the long-term determinants of the high rates of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly among women … trade. First we show that, in clusters where polygyny is more widespread, HIV infection rates are higher. By instrumenting … polygyny is likely to affect HIV infection by focusing on sexual behavior, as captured by the intensity of sexual activity and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283191