EXPENDITURE ON WELL-BEING, HIV PREVALENCE AND PERFORMANCE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH IN EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICAN SUB- REGIONS

This study was motivated by the dearth of current studies on linkages among HIV,GDP and disaggregated outlay well-being in Eastern Southern African regions. Hence, main focus this is to investigate nature direction Hsiao causality HIV, GDP Aggregate time series data from 1994 2020 these variables were used test unit root, cointegration bivariate regression model specified for each region. The results are mixed two regions: East sub-region, suggest that total does not Granger cause but (portending a one-way causality). But causes Outlay (suggesting two-way causality).
 Keywords: On Well-Being; Growth; HIV Prevalence; Africa Region; Region.