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HIV and AIDS in South Asia: An Economic Development Risk

HIV and AIDS in South Asia: An Economic Development Risk

Haacker, Markus
Claeson, Mariam

Paperback

Series: Directions in Development - Human Development

Medical Reference

ISBN10: 0821378007
ISBN13: 9780821378007
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: Feb 13 2009
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
This book offers an original perspective on AIDS as a development issue in South Asia, a region with a heterogeneous epidemic and estimated national HIV prevalence rates of up to 0.5 percent. The analysis challenges the common perception of HIV and AIDS which has been shaped to a large extent by analysis of HIV and AIDS in other regions with much higher prevalence rates. Three risks to development are associated with HIV and AIDS in South Asia: the risk of escalation of concentrated epidemics, the economic welfare costs, and the fiscal costs of scaling up treatment.

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