Discuss the effect of AIDS on the economy of sub-Saharan Africa.

RUNNING HEAD : AIDS AND SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 'S ECONOMY

Impact of AIDS on Sub-Saharan Africa 's Economy

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Impact of AIDS on Sub-Saharan Africa 's Economy

Abstract

AIDS is upsetting African society at each and every level . The pandemic is the only utmost danger to individual and economic growth in Africa More than twelve million children in Africa have by now lost no less than one parent because of AIDS , whilst millions of children are taking care of one

or both parents , and taking on off-putting grown-up duties The social and economic effects of the disease are also terrible . Many countries are losing their teachers , health workers and farmers . In the course of the decimation of individual assets and the following load on those that stay behind , AIDS is deflating medical care systems , economic development , family units and policies and military abilities . With no more significant action , the pandemic will intimidate structures of authority and even the very capability of the state in a number of African countries . This discusses the impact of AIDS on Sub-Saharan Africa 's economy . It firstly gives an overview of the macroeconomic impact of the disease and then takes a closer loot at the microeconomic impact of AIDS , discussing the root causes of this epidemic . In the end , the discusses the policy recommendations for the government in to solve the disastrous problem of AIDS in Africa

Outline

TOC \o "1-3 " \h \z \u HYPERLINK \l "_Toc0 " Impact of AIDS on Sub-Saharan Africa 's Economy PAGEREF _Toc0 \h 4

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc1 " Macroeconomic Analysis Of The Impact Of AIDS PAGEREF _Toc1 \h 5

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc2 " Microeconomic Analysis Of The Impact Of AIDS PAGEREF _Toc2 \h 7

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc3 " Rural Household Studies PAGEREF _Toc3 \h 7

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc4 " Impact On Agricultural Production And Its Effect PAGEREF _Toc4 \h 9

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc5 " Policy Recommendations PAGEREF _Toc5 \h 11

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc6 " Conclusion PAGEREF _Toc6 \h 12

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc7 " References PAGEREF _Toc7 \h 14 Impact of AIDS on Sub-Saharan Africa 's Economy

Sub-Saharan Africa is the part of the world most terribly influenced by AIDS . By the end of 2004 it was estimated that twenty-six million inhabitants in Sub-Saharan Africa were suffering from AIDS Approximately seven to eight per cent of the grown population is affected , with occurrence rates getting as high as forty per cent in a few countries . Females are strangely infected , with adolescent girls five times more prone than teenage boys to catch AIDS . In 2004 only , two million people expired of AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa . However the epidemic has far stretched from its peak , since infectivity rates are still exceeded casualties from AIDS . Due to the gap between infectivity and successive death , we have until now to see the full impact of AIDS on Sub-Saharan Africa 's society as a whole

There have been differing opinions over how AIDS has affected the economic future of the African...