Pandemics have been a long-standing object of study by economists, albeit with declining
interest, that is until COVID-19 arrived. We review current knowledge on the pandemics' …

Infectious disease outbreaks can exact a high human and economic cost through illness and
death. But, as with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in East Asia in 2003, or the …

COVID-19 has brought to the forefront of academic debates the consequences of pandemics
and their appropriate policy responses. Using the PRISMA methodology, we provide a …

South Africa has a well-developed system of social security and the reach of the social grant
safety net has expanded rapidly over the past five years. Social grants are likely to play an …

Social grants may play an important role in mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS. Eligibility for
these grants is driven in part by the increasing burden of chronic illness, the mounting …

This paper critically reviews how the large‐scale mining industry has performed in the
developing world economy. The strategies adopted by a number of developing world …

We assess empirically whether foreign official development assistance (ODA) has been
effective in alleviating HIV/AIDS epidemics, which figures prominently among the Millennium …

HIV prevalence in the Niger Delta of Nigeria is generally attributed to concurrent sexual
partnerships and weak public sector health care and education systems. This paper …

The Socio-Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS on Households in South Africa: Pilot Study in Welkom
and Qwaqwa, Free State Province Page 1 1 FINAL REPORT The Socio-Economic Impact of …

This paper examines the effects of learning HIV status on economic behavior among rural
Malawians. According to economic life-cycle models, if learning HIV results is informative …