Economics and HIV: The Sickness of Economics

ISBN-13: 9780415681162 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 206 str.

Deborah Johnston

Opis

Despite the huge social, economic and emotional effects of HIV/AIDS worldwide, economics has largely failed so far to provide useful insights on the pandemic. This study shows how a political economy approach can bring meaningful insights to our understanding of the spread and impact of HIV/AIDS.

Spis treści

1. Economics and HIV/AIDS: Failed Opportunity?  Part I: The Economics of HIV Transmission: Fashions and Fads  2. HIV Transmission and the Link to the Development Agenda  3. HIV Transmissions and the Individual: 'Choosing' to be HIV Positive?  4. Wealth, Education and Occupation: How to Understand the Data on Socio-Economic Characteristics and HIV Status  5. A New Role for Economics in Understanding HIV Perevalence  Part II: The Economic Impact of AIDS: The Past the Present and the Future  6. The Economic Impact of Disease: Good or Bad?  7. The Impact of AIDS on Farms and Firms  8. Understanding AIDS Impacts on Individuals and Hoseholds  9. A Political Economy Perspective on the Economic Impact of AIDS  10. A New Approach to Economics?

O autorze

Deborah Johnston is Senior Lecturer in Development Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK.