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HIV/AIDS: The Impact on Poverty and Inequality
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Salinas, Gonzalo | Haacker, Markus |
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May 1, 2006 |
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Disclaimer: This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate.
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Summary: Using available data on the distribution of HIV/AIDS prevalence across population groups for four sub-Saharan African countries and transposing this information to household income and expenditure surveys, we simulate the impact of HIV/AIDS on poverty and inequality. We find that the epidemic lowers average income and increases poverty, and that the jump in poverty is larger than expected from the fall in average income. This disproportionate increase in poverty reflects the large share of the population living on the threshold of poverty and the higher HIV prevalence rates in those segments of the population.
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Working Paper No. 06/126 |
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Income distribution | Sub-Saharan Africa | Ghana | Kenya | Swaziland | Zambia | Poverty | Economic growth | Health care | HIV and AIDS | Social security |
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Income distribution | poverty | growth | income per capita | health | HIV/AIDS | social security | Ghana | Kenya | Swaziland | Zambia | sub-Saharan Africa |
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0 / 1934-7073 |
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WPIEA2006126 |
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24 |
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US$15.00
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