HIV and AIDS in South Asia: An Economic Development Risk

by The World Bank

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821378007
• ISBN13: 9780821378007
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"