AIDS and Aid A Public Good Approach /

• Main Author: Sonntag, Diana (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD, 2010.
• Series: Contributions to Economics,
• Subjects: Health promotion.; Public finance.; Development economics.; Economics.; Public Economics.; Development Economics.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

The unfolding tragedy of the AIDS epidemic is an instance where a disease with local origins has created consequences worldwide. Todd Sandler (2001a) Health concerns are ?rmly embedded in the developing world. Conditions of poverty like inadequate health infrastructures and sanitation, limited acces...

Table of Contents:

• The Challenge: A Transnational Response to HIV/AIDS
• Profiling the Provision Status of Health-Promoting Public Goods Against AIDS
• International Transfers
• Regional Constraints and HIV/AIDS
• Summary and Concluding Remarks.