Posted on 22/12/07
Swaziland: The economics of an epidemic
MBABANE, SWAZILAND -- Swaziland provides a horrific example of what an HIV epidemic can do to a fragile economy: In the early 1990s, economic growth was posted at about 6 per cent a year. But over the past decade, HIV is estimated to have reduced growth by at least 1.6 per cent, and in recent years as much as 2 per cent annually, so that the economy is now contracting.
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