Impact of the AIDS crisis on South Africa's prospects for development

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject African Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,3 (=75%), University of Cape Town (School of Economics / Faculty of Commerce), course: Development Economics, language: English, abstract: The purpose of this paper is to identify the impact of the HIV/AIDS crisis on the South African economy and how this impact affects South Africa's economic growth and therefore its prospects for development. As this economic impact occurs through various channels, on different levels, the problem is also approached on these different levels, namely households, firms and business, and the macro economy.