Africa's Development Debts [0.03%]
非洲的发展欠债
Benno J Ndulu,Stephen A O&#x;Connell
Benno J Ndulu
Public debt levels in sub-Saharan Africa rose sharply in the wake of the global financial crisis, and a number of countries are now classified by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund as at high risk of debt distress. By contrast w...
Neha Agarwal,Hans-Peter Kohler,Subha Mani
Neha Agarwal
The average prevalence of disability in most African countries is 10%, but for many it exceeds the global disability prevalence rate of 15%. The extent to which this disability capturing functional and activity limitations results in perman...
Economic Status and Coping Mechanisms of Individuals Seeking HIV Care in Uganda [0.03%]
寻求HIV护理的乌干达人经济状况及应对机制
Sebastian Linnemayr,Brooke Stearns Lawson,Peter Glick et al.
Sebastian Linnemayr et al.
This study uses novel data to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the demographic and economic circumstances facing HIV-positive individuals who have just entered HIV care in Uganda. While the provision of HIV care and antiretroviral ther...
Time Discounting and Credit Market Access in a Large-Scale Cash Transfer Programme [0.03%]
时态贴现与信贷市场准入：以大规模现金转移项目为例
Sudhanshu Handa,Bruno Martorano,Carolyn Halpern et al.
Sudhanshu Handa et al.
Time discounting is thought to influence decision-making in almost every sphere of life, including personal finances, diet, exercise and sexual behavior. In this article we provide evidence on whether a national poverty alleviation program ...
C M Becker,C D Grewe
C M Becker
"Rural-urban migration has been modeled by both demographers and economists since the 1960s. Little regard has been given by either discipline for the other's models.... The purpose of this paper is to address this void in the African conte...
Cash seeking behaviour and migration: a place-to-place migration function for Cote d'Ivoire [0.03%]
取现行为与迁移：“象牙海岸”的两地间迁移函数模型研究
A D Velenchik
A D Velenchik
"This paper presents estimates of an aggregate place-to-place migration function for Cote d'Ivoire based on the premise that migration is motivated by rural residents' desire for cash income. The results indicate that migration from a regio...
The macroeconomic impact of AIDS in Malawi: a dualistic, labour surplus economy [0.03%]
艾滋病对马拉维宏观经济的影响：一个二元劳动力过剩经济体中的研究
J T Cuddington,J D Hancock
J T Cuddington
This paper simulates the macroeconomic effects of the AIDS epidemic in Malawi. This is done by using Bulatao's (1990) predictions of the disease's demographic impact in a dual-economy macro model. The with-AIDS scenario is compared with a c...