The NBER Digest: August 2009 Issue


 

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Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research

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Research Area: Economics

Type: Newsletter

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The following articles appear in this issue:

* Five Decades of Poverty
* The Impact of the AIDS Pandemic on Health Services in Africa
* Pollution, Health, and Avoidance Behavior

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