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The Long-run Economic Costs of AIDS : Theory and an Application to South Africa

Most existing estimates of the macroeconomic costs of AIDS, as measured by the reduction in the growth rate of gross domestic product, are modest. For Africa-the continent where the epidemic has hit the hardest-they range between 0.3 and 1.5 percen...

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Main Authors:	Bell, Clive, Devarajan, Shantayanan, Gersbach, Hans
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME DISEASE BURDEN HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC CONTRACTION DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION POOLING HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTIVITY COST ANALYSIS COST STUDIES EDUCATIONAL POLICY HEALTH POLICY TARGETING HEALTH EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT SPENDING POLICY FAMILY COMPOSITION GOVERNMENT TRANSFER OF FUNDS SUBSIDIES ACCOUNT ADULT MORTALITY ADULTHOOD AGED AIDS EPIDEMIC BENCHMARK BENCHMARKS CHILD LABOR CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC GROWTH EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILIES FAMILY STATUS FATHERS FORMAL EDUCATION FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENERATIONS GROWTH RATE HEALTH SERVICES HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCREASE IN MORTALITY INFERIOR GOODS INTERVENTION MACROECONOMICS MORTALITY MOTHERS OLD AGE OPPORTUNITY COSTS ORPHANS PARENTS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC GOOD SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SEX UTILITY FUNCTIONS VICTIMS YOUNG ADULTS AIDS HIV/AIDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/10/2693515/long-run-economic-costs-aids-theory-application-south-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18050

The Long-run Economic Costs of AIDS : Theory and an Application to South Africa

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