- Authors
- Bloom, David, Ajay Mahal, Larry Rosenberg, Jaypee Sevilla, David Steven and Mark Weston
- Title
- Asia's Economies and the Challenge of AIDS
- Imprint
- Asian Development Bank, April 2004, 118 pp
- Description
Reproduced with kind permission from the Asian Development Bank from the website www.adb.org
- Abstract
"This monograph makes three main points. First, unless it is allowed to spiral out of control, HIV/AIDS is likely to spread at a modest rate in Asia compared to Sub-Saharan Africa. General prevalence levels above 5% are unlikely. Second, even at moderate overall prevalence levels, the epidemic will have a negative impact on Asia’s economic development, but it will do so primarily through its effect on vulnerable groups such as women, the poor, the less educated, and members of particular occupations and industries. Third, spending on HIV prevention and AIDS care is powerfully justified by the high economic returns that can reasonably be expected to
flow from such spending."