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 …

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 …

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 …

contract the disease. Studies conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa during the 1980s generally found a positive correlation between … support this. An emerging strand of the literature on the AIDS epidemic in Africa posits that poverty is increasingly …

retard economic growth, even to the point of leading to an economic collapse. Premature adult mortality may exacerbate …

This paper examines the high value chains (HVC) for green bean exports from Africa to identify the critical points at …