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condom awareness, economic growth, and the existence of a multisectoral
HIV/AIDS program. Two results that are especially important indicate that the
HIV/AIDS rate does have a negative effect on economic growth in low-income
countries and that multisectoral HIV/AIDS programs appear to be an important
political policy tool for reducing the HIV/AIDS rate. To further examine how
multisectoral HIV/AIDS programs can be effective in curbing the HIV/AIDS rate, a
difference-in-difference approach is presented below.
Difference-in-Difference Approach
To determine if multisectoral programs have been effective in helping to slow
HIV/AIDS prevalence rates, a difference-in-difference approach is now presented.
In this technique, three data points are used: the HIV/AIDS prevalence rate during
the first year of our data coverage, namely, 1995, the HIV/AIDS prevalence rate
when a multisectoral program was implemented (this differing by country) and, the
HIV/AIDS prevalence rate at the end of the data range: 2005. The differences in
these rates are used to estimate what happens to the HIV/AIDS rate when a
multisectoral program is introduced in the country. The difference of those two
values was then taken to obtain the actual “difference in the differences.” This
difference-in-difference value is shown in italics; a negative number revealing that
the multisectoral HIV/AIDS program was effective in bringing the HIV/AIDS rate
down. A positive difference-in-difference number suggests that the multisectoral
Object Description
| Title | Political determinants and economic effects of HIV/AIDS: a push for the multisectoral approach |
| Author | Davis, Dollie |
| Author email | dollieda@usc.edu; dolliesdavis@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Political Economy & Public Policy |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-07-15 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-10-30 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Wise, Carol |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Nugent, Jeffrey B. Chi, Iris |
| Abstract | The proposed dissertation offers an explanation for the large differences in HIV/AIDS rates among 89 low and middle-income countries throughout the Sub Saharan African, Asian, and Latin American regions over a ten-year period (1995-2005). The HIV/AIDS rates in these countries vary widely and seemingly independently of economic wealth. One possible determinant of these differences is the presence and degree of development of strong multisectoral programs aimed at both prevention and cure of HIV/AIDS. The main hypothesis for this dissertation is: "A country's success in combating HIV/AIDS lies in the government's ability to implement an effective multisectoral program." This hypothesis is explored through quantitative models using data from the ten-year period (1995-2005). Results show that the presence of a multisectoral program over the ten-year period is associated with a significantly lower HIV/AIDS incidence rate by 2005. This effect is produced by controlling for various political, economic, societal, and institutional factors. Although there is some anecdotal evidence which suggests that multisectoral programs help to improve the HIV/AIDS problem in developing countries, there has been little if any empirical work done on this subject to date. |
| Keyword | multisectoral; HIV/AIDS; economic development |
| Geographic subject (region) | Carribbean |
| Geographic subject (continent) | Africa; Asia; South America |
| Coverage date | 1995/2005 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1724 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Davis, Dollie |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Davis-2422 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume44/etd-Davis-2422.pdf |
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| Title | Page 138 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 130 condom awareness, economic growth, and the existence of a multisectoral HIV/AIDS program. Two results that are especially important indicate that the HIV/AIDS rate does have a negative effect on economic growth in low-income countries and that multisectoral HIV/AIDS programs appear to be an important political policy tool for reducing the HIV/AIDS rate. To further examine how multisectoral HIV/AIDS programs can be effective in curbing the HIV/AIDS rate, a difference-in-difference approach is presented below. Difference-in-Difference Approach To determine if multisectoral programs have been effective in helping to slow HIV/AIDS prevalence rates, a difference-in-difference approach is now presented. In this technique, three data points are used: the HIV/AIDS prevalence rate during the first year of our data coverage, namely, 1995, the HIV/AIDS prevalence rate when a multisectoral program was implemented (this differing by country) and, the HIV/AIDS prevalence rate at the end of the data range: 2005. The differences in these rates are used to estimate what happens to the HIV/AIDS rate when a multisectoral program is introduced in the country. The difference of those two values was then taken to obtain the actual “difference in the differences.” This difference-in-difference value is shown in italics; a negative number revealing that the multisectoral HIV/AIDS program was effective in bringing the HIV/AIDS rate down. A positive difference-in-difference number suggests that the multisectoral |
