Deborah Johnston

Economics and HIV (eBook, PDF)

The Sickness of Economics

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book explains how, and why, economics has been applied to a terrible pandemic, using a range of examples mostly drawn from the region most affected, sub-Saharan Africa. Part I shows that microeconomic approaches have found fertile ground in a public health approach that 'blames' individual choices for HIV transmission. Despite their attractiveness, however, these approaches fail to explain contemporary patterns of HIV prevalence, illustrating the importance of factors that are excluded from the standard micro-economic approach. Part II of the book looks at our problems in understanding the economic impact of AIDS, and explains why economists cannot agree if epidemic disease is a good or bad thing for economic development. In both sections of the book, the potential for alternative approaches is shown, and the book ends by arguing that a political economy approach can bring meaningful insights to our understanding of the spread and impact of HIV/AIDS.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135035822
• Artikelnr.: 39265641

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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?