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Cover The Macroeconomics of HIV/AIDS
The Macroeconomics of HIV/AIDS
Mr. Markus Haacker

Abstract

This paper analyzes the macroeconomics of HIV/AIDS. The paper highlights that the mortality and morbidity associated with AIDS make it unlike most other types of sickness and disease. The paper describes the most common approaches used in accounting for growth in the context of an HIV/AIDS epidemic. The impact of HIV/AIDS on education and the accumulation of human capital is discussed. The paper also discusses the impact of HIV/AIDS on the public sector, and elaborates certain demographic events specific to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Keywords:
BOOK; Aids; life expectancy; AIDS epidemic; AIDS mortality; AIDS patient; AIDS pandemic; AIDS death; HIV and AIDS; Health care; Personal income; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Global; Asia and Pacific; Caribbean
Cover IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Challenges in Expanding Development Assistance
Mr. Peter S. Heller
and
Mr. Sanjeev Gupta
This paper highlights the macro and microeconomic challenges associated with success of the effort to mobilize 0.7 percent of GNP for official development assistance (ODA). To promote achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, enhanced ODA must be as productive as possible. In weighing the distribution of enhanced ODA among countries, the paper emphasizes the need to limit potentially adverse “real transfer effects.” It recommends a multi-pronged approach to ODA that includes, inter alia, in addition to direct bilateral transfers, enhanced use of trust funds and the financing of global public goods.
Keywords:
PDP; recipient country; country partnership; donor country; low income; transition country; ODA; poverty; absorptive capacity; international public goods; country market; distributional criterion; public goods; commitments of the European Union; countries of the world; Personal income; Real exchange rates; Extra-budgetary funds; Global
Cover IMF Working Papers
Income Distribution, Informal Safety Nets, and Social Expenditures in Uganda
Mr. Calvin A McDonald
,
Mr. Christian Schiller
, and
Mr. Kenichi Ueda
Inequality in Uganda rose during 1989–95, although this rise moderated in 1993–95. In 1993–95, real food consumption became more equal. Regional and urban-rural disparities in income and variations in income accruing to individuals with different educational levels principally explain “between group inequality.” While informal safety nets appear to work for Ugandan middle-class families, a lack of mutual insurance among poor production workers and farmers accentuates the inequality trends. An expansion of formal safety nets would help this segment of the population. The intrasectoral allocation and benefit incidence of expenditures on education and health can be improved to reduce inequality.
Keywords:
WP; income; Uganda; government; income distribution; safety nets; social expenditures; structural adjustment; government expenditure policy; food consumption; income share; bottom expenditure quartile; higher-income country; expenditure measure; aggregate consumption level; income estimate; Personal income; Income inequality; Consumption; Sub-Saharan Africa
Cover External Evaluation of the ESAF
External Evaluation of the ESAF
International Monetary Fund

Abstract

One result of the IMF's move to increased openness are independent external evaluations of important IMF policies, to complement its own in-house evaluations. This paper, prepared by a team of evaluators, includes in addition to the external evaluation, a statement by Bernd Esdar, Chairman of the Executive Director's group concerned with external evaluations; the summing up by IMF Managing Director Michel Camdessus of the Executive Board's discussion of the report; the terms of reference; and the IMF staff's response to the evaluation.

Keywords:
BOOK; country; ESAF; fund; ESAF program; fund staff; ESAF-supported program; ESAF country; evaluation report; Income; Personal income; Africa; Global; West Africa; Asia and Pacific; Debt service ratios; Caribbean