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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Haacker, Markus | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2011-07-15T14:21:47Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2011-07-15T14:21:47Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2011 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/48349 | | - |
| dc.description.abstract | | The costs of HIV/AIDS programs are significant from a macroeconomic or fiscal perspective in a number of countries. Assessing the fiscal implications is complicated by the long lags between infection and the need for HIV/AIDS-related services, and the long duration over which these services (notably treatment) are required. The paper interprets the fiscal costs of HIV/AIDS programs as quasi-liabilities, which are incurred by HIV infections and are paid off as HIV/AIDS-related services are delivered. On the microeconomic level, the analysis yields estimates of the costs incurred by single HIV infections, which - together with other criteria - can be used in assessing the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS program allocations. On the macroeconomic level, the analysis highlights the large magnitude of the HIV/AIDS quasi-liability (according to criteria for the sustainability of public debt), and quantifies the fiscal savings achieved or projected as a consequence of declining HIV incidence. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft Kiel und Hamburg | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Berlin 2011 35 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | H5 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | H6 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | I1 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | HIV/AIDS | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | health shocks | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | health expenditures | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | social expenditures | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | fiscal space | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | debt sustainability | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | quasi-liabilities | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Africa | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Botswana | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | South Africa | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Swaziland | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Uganda | | en_US |
| dc.title | | HIV/AIDS as a Fiscal Liability | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Conference Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 665328230 | | - |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.repec | | RePEc:zbw:gdec11:35 | | - |
| Appears in Collections: | | Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, 2011 (Berlin)
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