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Cost-effectiveness of integrated antiretroviral therapy in HIV-tuberculosis co-infected ambulatory patients in South Africa

Abstract Initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) during tuberculosis (TB) treatment improves survival in TB-HIV coinfected patients. In patients with CD4 counts <50 cells per…

May 10, 2015 By: Nicola Deghaye, Kogieleum Naidoo, Anneke Grobler, Tarylee Reddy, Andrew Gray, Salim Abdool_Karim PDF

Enrolment ratios and related puzzles in developing countries: Approaches for interrogating the data drawing from the case of South Africa

Abstract Available developing country enrolment ratios are frequently inaccurate. This results in poorly informed policy discourses. Underlying data problems can undermine funding systems. The…

May 7, 2015 By: Martin Gustafsson PDF

A Riddle Explained: Gender Disparities in East African Education

Abstract There can be little question that studying the relationship between education and inequality will benefit public investment in education. Although primary school enrollment…

April 23, 2015 By: Tia Linda Zuze PDF

Slave prices and productivity at the Cape of Good Hope from 1700 to 1725: Did everyone win from the trade?

Abstract This paper analyses the economic viability of slavery in the Cape Colony in southern Africa. It has been extensively documented that the affluence…

April 15, 2015 By: Dieter von Fintel, Sophia du Plessis, Ada Jansen PDF

The unintended consequences of education policies on South African participation and unemployment

Abstract In the late 1990s, the South African Department of Education implemented two policies that were meant to reduce the large number of over‐aged…

April 15, 2015 By: Dieter von Fintel, Rulof Burger, Servaas van der Berg PDF

The Impact of the International Economic Crisis on Child Poverty in South Africa

Abstract This paper reports on a study to provide insights into the magnitude of the shocks associated with the recent global economic crisis in…

March 9, 2015 By: Debra Shepherd, Dieter von Fintel, Servaas van der Berg, Helene Maisonnave, Margaret Chitiga, Bernard Decaluwé, Ramos Mabugu, Véronique Robichaud PDF

Access to What? Creating a Composite Measure of Educational Quantity and Educational Quality for 11 African Countries

Abstract The aim of the current study is to create a composite statistic of educational quantity and educational quality by combining household data (Demographic and…

March 8, 2015 By: Nic Spaull, Stephen Taylor PDF

Reflecting on an impact evaluation of the Grade R programme: Method, results and policy responses

Abstract: This paper describes the expansion since 2001 of a public pre-school programme in South Africa known as ‘Grade R’, summarises the findings from an…

February 15, 2015 By: Debra Shepherd, Servaas van der Berg PDF

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Cost-effectiveness of integrated antiretroviral therapy in HIV-tuberculosis co-infected ambulatory patients in South Africa

Enrolment ratios and related puzzles in developing countries: Approaches for interrogating the data drawing from the case of South Africa

A Riddle Explained: Gender Disparities in East African Education

Slave prices and productivity at the Cape of Good Hope from 1700 to 1725: Did everyone win from the trade?

The unintended consequences of education policies on South African participation and unemployment

The Impact of the International Economic Crisis on Child Poverty in South Africa

Access to What? Creating a Composite Measure of Educational Quantity and Educational Quality for 11 African Countries

Reflecting on an impact evaluation of the Grade R programme: Method, results and policy responses

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