Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/76481 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 1034
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa has been closely associated with adverse economic effects, and could thwart the success of poverty reduction initiatives. HIV/AIDS is fast eroding the health benefits, which Kenya gained in the first two decades of independence. The paper explores the different channels through which HIV/AIDS affects economic growth in a low-income country like Kenya. Within this framework, the paper attempts to analyse the impact of HIV/AIDS on Kenya's economic growth by way of simulations using a macroeconomic model for the Kenyan economy. Some of the key channels explored are the impact of HIV/AIDS on productivity and labour force supply; asset accumulation of human, physical and social capital; and the gender channel.
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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