Long-term welfare and investment impact of AIDS-related changes in family composition: evidence from Uganda

Klaus Deininger, Anja Crommelynck and Gloria Kempaka

No 25523, Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes from The World Bank

Abstract: Although availability of quantitative information on the extent of AIDS in Africa is improving, the socio-economic implications of the epidemic remain poorly understood. This paper explores this issue in Uganda, focusing on households who received foster children between 1992 and 2000, a phenomenon that affected more than fifteen percent of households. We find that addition of a foster child resulted in significant reductions of per capita consumption, income, and household investment, which were more pronounced for the poor. Initial disadvantages in foster children's access to education for this group, were overcome in the course of Universal Primary Education (UPE) implementation, while new inequalities have emerged in access to health services. Foster children's ability to access services will thus be affected by the broader policy environment, as well as programs more specifically targeted at this group.

Keywords: Health Monitoring&Evaluation; Street Children; Youth and Governance; Primary Education; Adolescent Health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002-05-31
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