Investments to strengthen regional cooperation and integration (RCI) in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) have helped catalyze economic growth among GMS countries. However, enhanced connectivity and the movement of people within and across borders created increased vulnerabilities for the transmission of infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS.
In pursuit of export-driven growth, the government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) established discrete rural enclaves, which generated local jobs and a cash economy, in contrast to their surroundings where people relied on subsistence farming. However, these enclaves also inadvertently fostered the exchange of goods and cash for sex among the mostly impoverished surrounding populations.
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