- Author
- Thomas, Anna
- Title
- Downward Spiral: The absence of HIV from economic policy-making
- Imprint
- Christian Aid, 2004, 47 pp
- Url
- http://www.christianaid.org.uk/indepth/409hivaids/downwardspiral.pdf
- Abstract
"Getting economic policy right is one of the most important factors in reducing poverty. But reality does not always match rhetoric, because economic policy-makers fail to take account of HIV. Although the world is waking up to the scale and impact of the HIV epidemic, the response is still being left largely to HIV specialists. This is despite the fact that HIV affects every area of development. As economic policy-makers continually fail to place HIV centre-stage in their work, more lives will be lost, economic growth will continue to be curtailed and poverty eradication will become an even more distant dream. At times, the decisions they take may actually contribute to hastening the spread of HIV. This report shows how HIV, poverty and economic change are linked and recommends how policies should deal with this. It is aimed at economic policy-makers at the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO), donor governments and developing country governments."