01696cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF004170 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451863864 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Haacker, Markus. HIV/AIDS : The Impact on Poverty and Inequality / Markus Haacker, Gonzalo Salinas. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006. 1 online resource (24 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Using available data on the distribution of HIV/AIDS prevalence across population groups for four sub-Saharan African countries and transposing this information to household income and expenditure surveys, we simulate the impact of HIV/AIDS on poverty and inequality. We find that the epidemic lowers average income and increases poverty, and that the jump in poverty is larger than expected from the fall in average income. This disproportionate increase in poverty reflects the large share of the population living on the threshold of poverty and the higher HIV prevalence rates in those segments of the population. Mode of access: Internet Salinas, Gonzalo. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/126 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2006/126/001.2006.issue-126-en.xml IMF e-Library