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The Economics of the Global Response to HIV/AIDS

By: Markus Haacker

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The Economics of the Global Response to HIV/AIDS

By: Markus Haacker

The global response to HIV/AIDS has been a major aspect of global health and development policy over the last three decades. The book illustrates the devastating health impacts of the epidemic, with life expectancy in some countries falling to the lowest levels observed anywhere, and the remarkable success of the global HIV/AIDS response in reversing such extreme outcomes. Concerns about the implications of HIV/AIDS for economic development have played a role in motivating the global HIV/AIDS response. However, evidence on the impacts of HIV/AIDS on economic growth or poverty is weak, and the magnitude and relevance of such economic effects appears trivial compared to the consequences for life and health. Because of the success in extending access to treatment globally, HIV/AIDS has effectively transitioned into a chronic disease. This means that HIV/AIDS absorbs not only a substantial chunk of current global and national financial resources, but that these spending needs are projected to persist over decades. The costs of the HIV/AIDS response thus resemble a long-term financial liability, shaped by past and current policies. Relatedly, the calculus of cost-effectiveness of HIV/AIDS interventions has changed. People who become infected with HIV can now expect to not die because of AIDS; at the same time, each HIV infection results in medical needs and expenditures extending over decades. The book presents a framework for integrating these financial consequences and the transmission dynamics of HIV in the analysis of cost-effectiveness of HIV/AIDS interventions and in the design of HIV/AIDS programs.

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Oxford University Press

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0191084190

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The Economics of the Global Response to HIV/AIDS

By: Markus Haacker

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019102791X

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ICT Equipment Investment and Growth in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries

By: Mr.Markus Haacker

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ICT Equipment Investment and Growth in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries

By: Mr.Markus Haacker

While production of ICT equipment plays a subordinate role for economic growth in most of these countries, they do benefit from capital deepening arising from falling prices of ICT equipment. Adapting established growth accounting approaches to the data environment of low-income countries, we quantify the growth impacts of absorption of ICT equipment, finding that ICT-related capital deepening contributed 0.2 percentage points to growth in low-income countries, and 0.3 percentage points in low-middle-income countries. The latter is about half the level typically found for industrialized countries.

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International Monetary Fund

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1451982100

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9781451982107

The Fiscal Dimension of HIV/AIDS in Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland, and Uganda

Experiences from Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland, and Uganda

By: Elizabeth Lule,Markus Haacker

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The Fiscal Dimension of HIV/AIDS in Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland, and Uganda

Experiences from Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland, and Uganda

By: Elizabeth Lule,Markus Haacker

This volume analyzes the cost of HIV/AIDS from a fiscal perspective in Botswana, South Africa, Uganda, and Swaziland.

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World Bank Publications

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0821388088

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9780821388082

Determinants and Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa

By: Kyung-woo Lee,Mr.Markus Haacker,Mr.Raju Jan Singh

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Determinants and Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa

By: Kyung-woo Lee,Mr.Markus Haacker,Mr.Raju Jan Singh

The paper investigates the determinants and the macroeconomic role of remittances in sub-Saharan Africa, assembling the most comprehensive dataset available so far on remittances in the region and incorporating data on the diaspora. It finds that remittances are larger for countries with a larger diaspora or when the diaspora is located in wealthier countries, and that they behave countercyclically, consistent with a role as a shock absorber. Although the effect of remittances in growth regressions is negative, countries with well functioning domestic institutions seem nevertheless to be better at unlocking the potential for remittances to contribute to faster economic growth.

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1451873638

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The Epistle to the Philippians

By: Markus Bockmuehl

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The Epistle to the Philippians

By: Markus Bockmuehl

Designed to make the latest scholarship on Philippians as accesible to a broader readership, this commentary brings to life both the letter's historical setting and its vigorous theological purpose. >

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A&C Black

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0826481078

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9780826481078

Providing Health Care to HIV Patients in Southern Africa

By: Mr.Markus Haacker

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Providing Health Care to HIV Patients in Southern Africa

By: Mr.Markus Haacker

The paper provides an economic analysis of the impact of HIV/AIDS on the health sector i Southern Africa. It provides indicators for the scale of the impact, including estimates of tr. costs of various forms treatment. In anticipation of increasing numbers of patients with HIV/AIDS-related diseases, it is essential to expand the already strained health facilities ar to substantially increase the training of health personnel. While proposed reductions in the prices of antiretroviral therapies will considerably expand the range of those who can affor them, they will remain accessible to a minority of the population only.

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1451974140

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HIV and AIDS in South Asia

An Economic Development Risk

By: Markus Haacker,Mariam Claeson

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HIV and AIDS in South Asia

An Economic Development Risk

By: Markus Haacker,Mariam Claeson

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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World Bank Publications

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0821378260

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9780821378267

Welfare Implications of HIV/AIDS

By: Mr.Markus Haacker,Mr.N. F. R. Crafts

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Welfare Implications of HIV/AIDS

By: Mr.Markus Haacker,Mr.N. F. R. Crafts

The paper evaluates the impact of HIV/AIDS on welfare in several countries affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Unlike studies focusing on the impact of HIV/AIDS on GDP per capita, we evaluate the impact of increased mortality using estimates of the value of statistical life. Our results illustrate the catastrophic impact of HIV/AIDS in the worst-affected countries and suggest that studies focusing on GDP and income per capita capture only a very small proportion of the welfare impact of HIV/AIDS.

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1451854102

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Providing Health Care to HIV Patients in Southern Africa

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The Fiscal Dimension of HIV/AIDS in Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland, and Uganda

Experiences from Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland, and Uganda

By: Elizabeth Lule,Markus Haacker

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The Fiscal Dimension of HIV/AIDS in Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland, and Uganda

Experiences from Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland, and Uganda

By: Elizabeth Lule,Markus Haacker

HIV/AIDS continues to take a tremendous toll on the populations of many countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. In some countries with high HIV prevalence rates, life expectancy has declined by more than a decade and in a few cases by more than two decades. Even in countries with HIV prevalence of around 5 percent (close to the average for sub-Saharan Africa), the epidemic can reverse gains in life expectancy and other health outcomes achieved over one or two decades. This volume highlights work conducted under the umbrella of a World Bank work program on The Fiscal Dimension of HIV/AIDS, including country studies on Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland, and Uganda. It covers four aspects of the fiscal dimensions of HIV/AIDS: First, it aims for a comprehensive analysis of the fiscal costs of HIV/AIDS, with a wider scope than a costing analysis focusing on only the policy response to HIV/AIDS. Second, it embeds the analysis of HIV/AIDS costs in a discussion of the fiscal context, and interprets these costs as a quasi-liability, not a debt de jure, but a political and fiscal commitment that binds fiscal resources in the future and cannot easily be changed, and very similar to a pension obligation or certain social grants or services. Third, it develops tools to assess the (fiscal dimensions of) trade-offs between HIV/AIDS policies and measures that take into account the persistence of these spending commitments. Fourth, most of the fiscal costs of HIV/AIDS are ultimately caused by new infections, and this study estimates the fiscal resources committed (or saved) by an additional (or prevented) HIV infection. Building on these estimates, the analysis here is able to assess the evolving fiscal burden of HIV/AIDS over time.

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082138807X

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Determinants and Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa

By: Kyung-woo Lee,Mr.Markus Haacker,Mr.Raju Jan Singh

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Determinants and Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa

By: Kyung-woo Lee,Mr.Markus Haacker,Mr.Raju Jan Singh

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ICT Equipment Investment and Growth in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries

By: Mr.Markus Haacker

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Book's by Markus Haacker

The Economics of the Global Response to HIV/AIDS

The Economics of the Global Response to HIV/AIDS

The Economics of the Global Response to HIV/AIDS

The Economics of the Global Response to HIV/AIDS

ICT Equipment Investment and Growth in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries

ICT Equipment Investment and Growth in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries

The Fiscal Dimension of HIV/AIDS in Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland, and Uganda

The Fiscal Dimension of HIV/AIDS in Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland, and Uganda

Determinants and Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa

Determinants and Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa

The Epistle to the Philippians

The Epistle to the Philippians

Providing Health Care to HIV Patients in Southern Africa

Providing Health Care to HIV Patients in Southern Africa

HIV and AIDS in South Asia

HIV and AIDS in South Asia

Welfare Implications of HIV/AIDS

Welfare Implications of HIV/AIDS

Providing Health Care to HIV Patients in Southern Africa

Providing Health Care to HIV Patients in Southern Africa

The Fiscal Dimension of HIV/AIDS in Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland, and Uganda

The Fiscal Dimension of HIV/AIDS in Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland, and Uganda

Determinants and Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa

Determinants and Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa

ICT Equipment Investment and Growth in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries

ICT Equipment Investment and Growth in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries

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