Objectives To estimate the potential economic impact of pandemic influenza, associated behavioural responses, school closures, and vaccination on the United Kingdom. Design A computable general equilibrium model of the UK economy was specified for various combinations of mortality and morbidity...

This paper evaluates the arguments that economic policy advice from the international financial institutions - particularly the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank - has contributed to the spread of HIV/AIDS. Focusing mainly on sub-Saharan Africa, the paper gives some background...