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  "title": "HIV/AIDS: The Impact on Poverty and Inequality",
  "publication": "IMF Working Papers, May 1, 2006",
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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.",
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      "content": "- 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, the authors simulate the impact of HIV/AIDS on poverty and inequality.\n- The analysis finds that the epidemic lowers average income and increases poverty, with the jump in poverty being larger than expected from the fall in average income.\n- The 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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      "heading": "Key findings",
      "content": "- The epidemic lowers average income.\n- The epidemic increases poverty.\n- The jump in poverty is larger than expected from the fall in average income.\n- The disproportionate increase in poverty is driven by:\n  - the large share of the population living on the threshold of poverty, and\n  - higher HIV prevalence rates in those segments of the population."
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    "Authors: Markus Haacker, Gonzalo Salinas",
    "Published: May 1, 2006",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451863864.001",
    "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, the authors simulate the impact of HIV/AIDS on poverty and inequality.",
    "The analysis finds that the epidemic lowers average income and increases poverty, with the jump in poverty being larger than expected from the fall in average income.",
    "The 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.",
    "The epidemic lowers average income.",
    "The epidemic increases poverty.",
    "The jump in poverty is larger than expected from the fall in average income.",
    "The disproportionate increase in poverty is driven by:",
    "Subject: HIV and AIDS, Income distribution, Personal income, Population and demographics, Poverty",
    "Keywords: Aids, dependency ratio, expenditure survey, income, poverty gap, WP",
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