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HIV/AIDS as a Fiscal Liability

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The costs of HIV/AIDS programs are significant from a macroeconomic or fiscal perspective in a number of countries. Assessing the fiscal implications is complicated by the long lags between infection and the need for HIV/AIDS-related services, and the long duration over which these services (notably treatment) are required. The paper interprets the fiscal costs of HIV/AIDS programs as quasi-liabilities, which are incurred by HIV infections and are paid off as HIV/AIDS-related services are delivered. On the microeconomic level, the analysis yields estimates of the costs incurred by single HIV infections, which - together with other criteria - can be used in assessing the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS program allocations. On the macroeconomic level, the analysis highlights the large magnitude of the HIV/AIDS quasi-liability (according to criteria for the sustainability of public debt), and quantifies the fiscal savings achieved or projected as a consequence of declining HIV incidence.

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  • Haacker, Markus, 2011. "HIV/AIDS as a Fiscal Liability," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Berlin 2011 35, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics.
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    1. Kabajulizi, Judith & Ncube, Mthuli, 2017. "Financing HIV/AIDS responses in Africa: Impact evidence from Uganda," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 39(5), pages 843-860.
    2. Judith Kabajulizi & Judith Kabajulizi & Mthuli Ncube, 2015. "The economy wide impact of HIV/AIDS and the funding dilemma in Africa: Evidence from a dynamic life cycle horizon," EcoMod2015 8563, EcoMod.
    3. Paul Collier & Olivier Sterck, 2018. "The moral and fiscal implications of antiretroviral therapies for HIV in Africa," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 70(2), pages 353-374.

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    Keywords

    HIV/AIDS; health shocks; health expenditures; social expenditures; fiscal space; debt sustainability; quasi-liabilities; Africa; Botswana; South Africa; Swaziland; Uganda;
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    JEL classification:

    • H5 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies
    • H6 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt
    • I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health

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