The impact of political institutions and state capacity on antiretroviral drug coverage : a cross country analysis of determinants

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dc.contributor.advisorNattrass, Nicolien_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVilakazi, Thandoen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-02T09:05:45Z
dc.date.available2015-01-02T09:05:45Z
dc.date.issued2011en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 68-74).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractUsing a cross-sectional regression model, we answer two questions related to the determinants of highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) coverage across 108 countries using 2006 and 2009 HAART data. The first asks how political institutions function to enable better HAART coverage outcomes; and the second asks whether countries with higher levels of state capacity tend to have higher levels of HAART coverage. We find weak statistical evidence that both democracies and authoritarian countries can achieve high levels of HAART coverage; cultural fractionalization has less of an effect on coverage than we expected; and centralized governments achieve higher treatment coverage outcomes. The effect of political institutions is muted when we control for state capacity and funding. We apply two broad measures of state capacity, namely tax revenue as a share of GDP and our own state capacity index developed using Principal Component Factor Analysis. We find evidence that high levels of state capacity are positively related to HAART coverage outcomes.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationVilakazi, T. (2011). <i>The impact of political institutions and state capacity on antiretroviral drug coverage : a cross country analysis of determinants</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10962en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationVilakazi, Thando. <i>"The impact of political institutions and state capacity on antiretroviral drug coverage : a cross country analysis of determinants."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10962en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVilakazi, T. 2011. The impact of political institutions and state capacity on antiretroviral drug coverage : a cross country analysis of determinants. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Vilakazi, Thando AB - Using a cross-sectional regression model, we answer two questions related to the determinants of highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) coverage across 108 countries using 2006 and 2009 HAART data. The first asks how political institutions function to enable better HAART coverage outcomes; and the second asks whether countries with higher levels of state capacity tend to have higher levels of HAART coverage. We find weak statistical evidence that both democracies and authoritarian countries can achieve high levels of HAART coverage; cultural fractionalization has less of an effect on coverage than we expected; and centralized governments achieve higher treatment coverage outcomes. The effect of political institutions is muted when we control for state capacity and funding. We apply two broad measures of state capacity, namely tax revenue as a share of GDP and our own state capacity index developed using Principal Component Factor Analysis. We find evidence that high levels of state capacity are positively related to HAART coverage outcomes. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - The impact of political institutions and state capacity on antiretroviral drug coverage : a cross country analysis of determinants TI - The impact of political institutions and state capacity on antiretroviral drug coverage : a cross country analysis of determinants UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10962 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/10962
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationVilakazi T. The impact of political institutions and state capacity on antiretroviral drug coverage : a cross country analysis of determinants. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10962en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherApplied Economicsen_ZA
dc.titleThe impact of political institutions and state capacity on antiretroviral drug coverage : a cross country analysis of determinantsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMComen_ZA
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