"Despite its strong growth record, Botswana faces two prominent development challenges: the onslaught of HIV/AIDS and … the slowdown in diamond mining. This study estimates the growth and distributional impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and … microsimulation model that accounts for the cost of treatment. The results of this analysis indicate that HIV/AIDS reduces GDP growth …

"This paper estimates the economic impact of HIV/AIDS on KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and the rest of South Africa (RSA). We …-microeconomic assessment. The results indicate that HIV/AIDS greatly reduces annual economic growth, mainly by lowering the long-term rate of … unemployment among low-income households minimizes the economic costs of increased mortality. In contrast, slower economic growth …

is more concave than that for the children's human capital, the only possible steady-state growth path involves full …

Poverty and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) should not be ascertained only on the basis of scarce and unreliable … and more dehumanizing poverty in the years ahead even if meaningful economic growth is achieved. As underscored by the …

This paper reviews Mongolia’s Economic Growth Support Poverty Reduction Strategy (EGSPRS) Implementation Progress … Economic and Social Development in 2003 to attain at least 5.2 percent economic growth. In 2003, the economy grew thanks to 1 … preliminary estimate for real economic growth in 2004 equals 10.6 percent. …

Enhanced HIPC Initiative. Stronger policy implementation has helped the economic growth of the C.A.R. under the Poverty … Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) arrangement. Directors stressed the need for fiscal consolidation supported by policies and …

This article deals with the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on poverty and education in Africa. It considers the scale …