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HIV/AIDS programs are an effective policy tool for combating the disease. For
example, multisectoral HIV/AIDS programs worked in Uganda because an
influential leader took up this cause by touring the country to promote awareness
about the disease from the national to community level. In Ethiopia, the
multisectoral approach allowed faith-based organizations to reach vulnerable groups
in society. In Thailand, public agencies and businesses worked together to establish
and monitor a safe sex-worker program. Though differences in all countries with
multisectoral programs are apparent, in their own way each of these programs proved
to be an effective policy tool for fighting the disease.
From research to date, this is the first study that provides a quantitative
analysis of multisectoral HIV/AIDS programs and evidence of their success. In this
dissertation, a variable for having a multisectoral HIV/AIDS program in place during
the years 1995-2005 was created for 89 middle and low-income countries in an effort
to provide quantitative evidence that these types of programs are effective in fighting
HIV/AIDS. Quantitative results, based on this 89-country sample, confirm that there
have been negative economic effects from the disease over time. Specifically, the
HIV/AIDS rate in 1995 had a negative influence on GDP per capita growth. From
the models that I ran on the political determinants of HIV/AIDS, the most significant
finding was that having a multisectoral program over the period (1995-2005)
negatively influences the 2005 HIV/AIDS rate.
Other significant findings revealed that societal determinants such as having a
neighbor country with a high HIV/AIDS rate has a positive influence on the disease
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 149 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 141 HIV/AIDS programs are an effective policy tool for combating the disease. For example, multisectoral HIV/AIDS programs worked in Uganda because an influential leader took up this cause by touring the country to promote awareness about the disease from the national to community level. In Ethiopia, the multisectoral approach allowed faith-based organizations to reach vulnerable groups in society. In Thailand, public agencies and businesses worked together to establish and monitor a safe sex-worker program. Though differences in all countries with multisectoral programs are apparent, in their own way each of these programs proved to be an effective policy tool for fighting the disease. From research to date, this is the first study that provides a quantitative analysis of multisectoral HIV/AIDS programs and evidence of their success. In this dissertation, a variable for having a multisectoral HIV/AIDS program in place during the years 1995-2005 was created for 89 middle and low-income countries in an effort to provide quantitative evidence that these types of programs are effective in fighting HIV/AIDS. Quantitative results, based on this 89-country sample, confirm that there have been negative economic effects from the disease over time. Specifically, the HIV/AIDS rate in 1995 had a negative influence on GDP per capita growth. From the models that I ran on the political determinants of HIV/AIDS, the most significant finding was that having a multisectoral program over the period (1995-2005) negatively influences the 2005 HIV/AIDS rate. Other significant findings revealed that societal determinants such as having a neighbor country with a high HIV/AIDS rate has a positive influence on the disease |
