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Title: | When tea is a luxury: the economic impact of HIV/AIDS in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe |
Authors: | Grant, Miriam R. Palmiere, Andrew D. |
Year: | 2003 |
Periodical: | African Studies |
Volume: | 62 |
Issue: | 2 |
Period: | December |
Pages: | 213-241 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Zimbabwe |
Subjects: | household budget economic policy AIDS urban households Health and Nutrition Economics and Trade Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Urbanization and Migration |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.1080/0002018032000148768 |
Abstract: | Building on the work of G. Mutangadura et al. (1999), R. Sauerborn et al. (1996), G. Lwihula (1998) and others, this paper puts forward a review of the economic impact of HIV/AIDS and explores how household and community responses have emerged and are redefining social and familial relations in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second largest city, where HIV/AIDS is now the primary cause of death. The paper is based on field research conducted in two of Bulawayo's high density suburbs, Nketa and Mpopoma, in 1999. It first establishes the impact of Zimbabwe's Economic Structural Adjustment Programme (ESAP) on the economy in general and outlines household income sources, levels, expenditures and problems in the context of ESAP. It then examines the economic impact of both non-HIV/AIDS and HIV/AIDS deaths and implications for household changes, expenses and earnings. Various household coping mechanisms and strategies in response to HIV/AIDS deaths are then articulated, including income diversification, loans, sale of assets, intra-household labour substitution and taking children out of school, and lengthening the work day. In conclusion, the paper stresses the importance of policies that reinforce positive household coping responses and at the same time discourage households from adopting responses that can compromise their future well-being. Bibliogr. [ASC Leiden abstract] |