- Author
- Tandon, Ajay
- Title
- ERD Working Paper No. 75: Macroeconomic Impact of HIV/AIDS in the Asian and Pacific Region
- Editor
- Asian Development Bank
- Imprint
- ADB - Asian Development Bank, November 2005, 29 pp
- ISBN/ISSN
- 1655-5252
- Description
Reproduced with permission from the Asian Development Bank from the ADB website, www.adb.org.
- Abstract
"This paper reports estimates of the economic impact of HIV/AIDS in the Asian and Pacific region using a standard growth model. Following previous research on this issue, an economywide aggregate production function is estimated with health capital as an input. HIV/AIDS is assumed to influence the accumulation of health capital proxied by a life expectancy shortfall measure. The model is estimated empirically using cross-country panel data spanning the period 1960-2000. Using a global sample, results indicate a negative impact of increasing HIV/AIDS prevalence on health capital and on economic growth. Using fairly conservative projections for HIV/AIDS prevalence, the model predicts a particularly large adverse impact on economic growth in Cambodia and Papua New Guinea."