1. The demographic impact of HIV/AIDS / Brynn G. Epstein -- 2. HIV/AIDS: the impact on the social fabric and the economy / Markus Haacker -- 3. Thinking about the long-run economic costs of AIDS / Clive Bell, Shantayanan Devarajan, and Hans Gersbach -- 4. AIDS and the accumulation and utilization of human capital in Africa / Nancy Birdsall and Amar Hamoudi -- 5. The impact of HIV/AIDS on poverty and inequality / Robert Greener -- 6. Welfare implications of HIV/AIDS / Nicholas Crafts and Markus Haacker -- 7. The impact of HIV/AIDS on government finance and public services / Markus Haacker -- 8. Financial effects of HIV/AIDS on national social protection schemes / Pierre Plamondon, Michael Cichon, and Pascal Annycke -- 9. An economic assessment of Botswana's national strategic framework for HIV/AIDS / Iyabo Masha -- 10. Impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the health sectors of developing countries / Mead Over.