On 3 Feb 2003 03:04:49 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Dear All, > I forgot to add that the target of my research is developing > countries, mainly Africa. I was thinking to take Zambia, as the main > example. > ... > > I have an important query to address. I am a researcher studying > the development of monitoring and evaluation methodologies to assess > the impact of HIV/AIDS on food security and agriculture. I will need > to analyse information available from national Demographic and Health >Surveys and similar sources, with the aim to evaluate the potential of > these data to measure the effects of HIV/AIDS on food security. The [ ... ]
Okay, I have read it a few times and I am still baffled. Is there an obvious connection between HIV/AIDs and "food security and agriculture?" In the context of Africa, there's a connection between 35% adult mortality in a decade or so, and having a viable economy. Are you discussing the economy, and where farming fits in? I imagine that the mediating considerations are economic and moral: Will U.S. allow drug-treatments to be sold/ distributed? At what cost? Will the International Monetary Fund fix its rules so that the International aid might (some day) exceed the amount stolen (and banked abroad) by U.S.-approved "entrepreneurs"? -- Rich Ulrich, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pitt.edu/~wpilib/index.html . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
