Aids, Gender and Economic Development

Informationen zum Autor Cecilia A. Conrad is Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College and the Stedman-Sumner Professor of Economics at Pomona College. Her research focuses on the impact of race and gender on economic status. Professor Conrad is editor of The Review of Black Political Economy. Cheryl Doss is a development economist who works on issues of gender, agriculture, and intrahousehold decision-making in Africa. Her current research focuses on women's access to assets and the gender-asset gap. She is Senior Lecturer in Economics and Global Affairs and Director of Graduate Studies for the MA program in International Relations at Yale University. Klappentext This book provides a gendered analysis of the economic choices and structures that contribute to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and of the impact of the epidemic on economic and social outcomes. It was originally published as a special issue of Feminist Economics. Zusammenfassung This book provides a gendered analysis of the economic choices and structures that contribute to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and of the impact of the epidemic on economic and social outcomes. It was originally published as a special issue of Feminist Economics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The AIDS Epidemic: Challenges for Feminist Economics Cecilia Conrad and Cheryl R. Doss 1. Gender and Access to Antiretroviral Treatment in South Africa Nicoli Nattrass 2. Safety First, Then Condoms: Commercial Sex, Risky Behavior, and the Spread of HIV/AIDS in Managua, Nicaragua Alys Willman 3. Race, Sex, and the Neglected Risks for Women and Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa Eileen Stillwaggon 4. Bias, Not Error: Assessments of the Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS Using Evidence from Micro Studies in Sub-Saharan Africa Deborah Johnston 5. Unpaid HIV/AIDS Care in Southern Africa: Forms, Context, and Implications Olagoke Akintola 6. Migratory Paths, Experiences of HIV/AIDS, and Sexuality: African Women Living withHIV/AIDS in France Dolorès Pourette 7. Gendering China's Strategy against HIV/AIDS: Findings from a Research Project in Guangdong Province Lanyan Chen ...

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• Authors: Cecilia (EDT)/ Doss Conrad, Cecilia Doss Conrad, Cheryl R. Conrad Doss, DOSS CHERYL R CONRAD CECILIA A
• Assisted by: Cecilia Conrad (Editor), Cecilia A Conrad (Editor), Cecilia A. Conrad (Editor), Cheryl Doss (Editor), Cheryl R. Doss (Editor), Doss Cheryl (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.07.2011
• EAN: 9780415673273
• ISBN: 978-0-415-67327-3
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Development economics & emerging economies, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Development economics and emerging economies, Hiv / Aids: Social Aspects