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dc.contributor.author | Haacker, Markus | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-07-15T14:21:47Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2011-07-15T14:21:47Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | - |
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 |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft |cKiel und Hamburg | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aProceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Berlin 2011 |x35 | en |
dc.subject.jel | H5 | en |
dc.subject.jel | H6 | en |
dc.subject.jel | I1 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | HIV/AIDS | en |
dc.subject.keyword | health shocks | en |
dc.subject.keyword | health expenditures | en |
dc.subject.keyword | social expenditures | en |
dc.subject.keyword | fiscal space | en |
dc.subject.keyword | debt sustainability | en |
dc.subject.keyword | quasi-liabilities | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Africa | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Botswana | en |
dc.subject.keyword | South Africa | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Swaziland | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Uganda | en |
dc.title | HIV/AIDS as a Fiscal Liability | - |
dc.type | Conference Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 665328230 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
dc.identifier.repec | RePEc:zbw:gdec11:35 | en |
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