Deborah Johnston

Economics and HIV (eBook, PDF)

The Sickness of Economics

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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 important new study shows how 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
• 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?