HIV and AIDS in South Asia : an economic development risk

Author(s)

• Haacker, Markus
• Claeson, Mariam
• World Bank

Bibliographic Information

HIV and AIDS in South Asia : an economic development risk

Markus Haacker and Mariam Claeson, editors

（Directions in development, Human development）

World Bank, c2009

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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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Details

• NCID: BA89985573
• ISBN:
  • 9780821378007
• LCCN: 2008049854
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
• Pages/Volumes: xxvi, 244 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RA643.86.S67
  • NLM : WC 503
  • DC22 : 362.196/979200954
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : AIDS (Disease) -- Economic aspects -- South Asia
  • MESH : HIV Infections -- economics -- Asia -- Statistics
  • MESH : HIV Infections -- epidemiology -- Asia
  • MESH : Demography -- Asia -- Statistics
  • MESH : Developing Countries -- Asia -- Statistics
  • MESH : Financing, Government -- statistics & numerical data -- Asia
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA24435657