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    HIV and AIDS in South Asia: An Economic Development Risk
    HIV and AIDS in South Asia: An Economic Development Risk
    HIV and AIDS in South Asia: An Economic Development Risk
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    HIV and AIDS in South Asia: An Economic Development Risk

    By World Bank Staff

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    This book offers an original perspective on AIDS as a development issue in South Asia, a region with a heterogeneous epidemic and estimated national HIV prevalence rates of up to 0.5 percent. The analysis challenges the common perception of HIV and AIDS which has been shaped to a large extent by analysis of HIV and AIDS in other regions with much higher prevalence rates. Three risks to development are associated with HIV and AIDS in South Asia: the risk of escalation of concentrated epidemics, the economic welfare costs, and the fiscal costs of scaling up treatment.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWorld Bank Publications
    Release dateFeb 19, 2009
    ISBN9780821378007
    HIV and AIDS in South Asia: An Economic Development Risk

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