The Macroeconomics of HIV/AIDSInternational Monetary Fund, 2004 M11 19 - 364 pages 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
The Demographic Impact of HIVAIDS | 1 |
HIVAIDS The Impact on the Social Fabric and the Economy | 41 |
Thinking About the LongRun Economic Costs of AIDS | 96 |
AIDS and the Accumulation and Utilization of Human Capital in Africa | 134 |
The Impact of HIVAIDS on Poverty and Inequality | 167 |
Welfare Implications of HIVAIDS | 182 |
The Impact of HIVAIDS on Government Finance and Public Services | 198 |
Financial Effects of HIVAIDS on National Social Protection Schemes | 259 |
An Economic Assessment of Botswanas National Strategic Framework for HIVAIDS | 287 |
Impact of the HIVAIDS Epidemic on the Health Sectors of Developing Countries | 311 |
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affected by HIV/AIDS AIDS mortality analysis antiretroviral drugs antiretroviral treatment average benefits Botswana changes Chapter cohort costs Côte d'Ivoire coverage crude death rates decline demographic Demoland discussed economic growth effects of HIV/AIDS employees estimates Ethiopia example financed fiscal Fund GDP per capita Global Haacker health expenditure health services higher HIV prevalence rates HIV-positive HIV/AIDS epidemic HIV/AIDS-related human capital Impact of AIDS impact of HIV/AIDS income per capita increased mortality International Programs Center investment labor force macroeconomic Malawi mortality rates Mozambique Namibia opportunistic infections orphans pension percent of GDP population poverty premature adult mortality prevention productivity projected ratio reduce response to HIV/AIDS result risk scenario schemes schooling Selected Countries Social insurance South Africa studies sub-Saharan Africa substantial Table Tanzania teachers tion U.S. Census Bureau Uganda UNAIDS United Nations welfare workers World Bank Zambia Zimbabwe
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Page 285 - HIV/AIDS: A threat to decent work, productivity and development, document for discussion at the Special High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work, Geneva, 8 June 2000.