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The Macroeconomics of HIV/AIDS / Markus Haacker.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Haacker, Markus.
- Series:
- Books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- AIDS (Disease)--Economic aspects--Developing countries.
- AIDS (Disease).
- AIDS (Disease)--Economic aspects--Developing countries--Statistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (363 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This paper analyzes the macroeconomics of HIV/AIDS. The paper highlights that the mortality and morbidity associated with AIDS make it unlike most other types of sickness and disease. The paper describes the most common approaches used in accounting for growth in the context of an HIV/AIDS epidemic. The impact of HIV/AIDS on education and the accumulation of human capital is discussed. The paper also discusses the impact of HIV/AIDS on the public sector, and elaborates certain demographic events specific to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Foreword""; ""Contributors""; ""1. The Demographic Impact of HIV/AIDS""; ""2. HIV/AIDS: The Impact on the Social Fabric and the Economy""; ""3. Thinking About the Long-Run Economic Costs of AIDS""; ""4. AIDS and the Accumulation and Utilization of Human Capital in Africa""; ""5. The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Poverty and Inequality""; ""6. Welfare Implications of HIV/AIDS""; ""7. The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Government Finance and Public Services""; ""8. Financial Effects of HIV/AIDS on National Social Protection Schemes""
- ""9. An Economic Assessment of Botswana's National Strategic Framework for HIV/AIDS""""10. Impact of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic on the Health Sectors of Developing Countries""; ""Boxes""; ""Figures""; ""Tables""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613848079
- 9781462347193
- 1462347193
- 9781455242719
- 1455242713
- 9781283535625
- 1283535629
- 9781455255757
- 1455255750
- OCLC:
- 793204131
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